Ooops, I haven't done ANY research on meditation in sport, I meant to say visualization, sorry!
Sure I know about the Jacobsen technique which I think is what you are referring to, I also read Steve's stuff on manifesting.
In regard to the Metta Bhavana or loving kindness I do know a bit about that and do it 3 or 4 times per week myself. I actually believe in putting love 'out there' and I just don't believe it has any effect other than to make the giver feel good.
ALG, you're an interesting an intelligent gut but you do sound a tad patronizing when you say things like "Now, I will give you a few ideas on how to have a more interesting interview" LOL well thanks on that one, but I have an idea or two of my own and it is subjective anyway.
All this kind of supports what I said in the post. That the goal posts are on the move. In the stuff i read from a few years ago, none of this came up. Now it's like "Yeh but we really meant EVERYTHING is the LoA"
It's difficult to debate something like that and not get frazzled.
As for the meditation exercise, again you sound incredibly patronizing. I did do my research, I did read from multiple sources because I didn't believe it was BS, I wanted to think it was true. I actually doubted the rather right-leaning authors of the book. It was the research that led to the post and not vice versa.
The stats were based around violent crime and more specifically homicide and apparently theere were over 50 scientists helping to conduct the experiment and keep it as valid as possible.
So maybe rather than presume I'm a 5 year old you that needs constant guiding from his dad, you could have had a quick look yourself
We all suffer from conformation bias you know, even you and me.