ERIC Number: EJ1240950
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1927-5250
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Mental Training of College Student Elite Athletes
Turgut, Murat; Yasar, Onur Mutlu
Journal of Education and Learning, v9 n1 p51-59 2020
In order to achieve the expected high performance, athletes must be physically, technically, tactically and socially ready as well as being psychologically ready and strong (Erdogan & Kocaeksi, 2015). In this context, mental training of athletes is also important. Mental training means that athletes adjust and control their own sports behavior by adopting specific ways to promote psychological state. Aim of this research was to determine the level of mental training application of professional athletes and differences according to some variables. The sample consisted of 485 professional athletes (University Students) who are still competing in 4 different sports in Turkey (football, handball, basketball and volleyball). Data collection tool consisting of two parts was used in the research. In the first part of the data collection tool, a questionnaire consisting of the personal information of the participants was used. In the second part, Developed by Benkhe et al. (2017) and adapted to Turkish by Yarayan and Ilhan (2018), "Mental Training in Sports Inventory" consisting of 5 sub-dimensions and a total of 20 items was used. Non-parametric tests were used for data analysis. Mann-Whitney U was used to determine the difference between two groups, Kruskall-Wallis analysis method was used to determine the difference between more than two groups. The average of total score of Mental Training Scale of the participants was determined as X[bar] = 3.97. In other words, the level of mental training of the participants was found to be high. The sub-dimension with the highest average was found to be the Interpersonal Skills sub-dimension with the average of X[bar] = 4.32, and the sub-dimension with the lowest average was the Mental Performance Skills sub-dimension with the average of X[bar] = 3.70. In addition, different results were determined according to gender and ritual variables
Descriptors: Performance, College Athletics, Athletes, Metacognition, Team Sports, Training Methods, College Students, Competition, Student Attitudes, Sport Psychology, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Self Motivation, Scores, Measures (Individuals), Interpersonal Competence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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