Research Article

Mental Training Skills of Athletes According to Various Variables

Volume: 27 Number: 1 January 27, 2022
EN TR

Mental Training Skills of Athletes According to Various Variables

Abstract

This study was carried out based on the scanning model in order to examine the mental training skill profiles of athletes according to different variables. 417 athletes (Mean age = 20.62 ± 1.97) participated in the study voluntarily. Personal Information Form and Mental Training Inventory in Sports were applied to the participants. SPSS 25.00 package program was used for data analysis. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, T-test for Independent Groups and Pearson Product Moments Correlation. In the findings obtained, in terms of interpersonal skills, female athletes are ahead of male athletes and team athletes than individual athletes; in view of the basic mental skills sub-dimension, it was found that the average scores of individual athletes were higher than team athletes, and the mental visualization skills of national athletes were higher than non-national athletes (p<0.05). A low level positive and significant relationship was found out between sports age and basic mental skill, mental performance skills and mental visualization skills (p<0.05). As a result, it was determined that the mental training skill profiles of the athletes participating in this study differed according to their gender, sports branch and nationality.

Keywords

References

  1. 1. Akandere, M., Aktaş, S., & Er, Y. (2018). Zihinsel Antrenman ve Spor [Mental Training and Sports]. Ankara: Türkiye Barolar Birliği.
  2. 2. Altıntaş, A., & Akalan, C. (2008). Zihinsel antrenman ve yüksek performans [Mental training and high performance]. Spormetre Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 6(1), 39-43.
  3. 3. Behnke, M., Tomczak, M., Kaczmarek, L. D., Komar, M., & Gracz, J. (2017). The sport mental training questionnaire: Development and validation. Current Psychology, 38(2), 504-516.
  4. 4. Bompa, T., & Haff, G. (2017). Dönemleme: Antrenman Kuramı ve Yöntemi [Periodization: Training Theory and Method]. Ankara: Spor.
  5. 5. Büyüköztürk, Ş., Kılıç Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö., Karadeniz, Ş., & Demirel, F. (2019). Eğitimde Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri [Scientific Research Methods in Education]. Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık.
  6. 6. Cankurtaran, Z. (2020). Okçuların rekabet ortamında kullandıkları zihinsel antrenman becerilerinin sıralama atış skorlarına etkisi [The effect of the mental training skills used by the archers in the competition environment on the ranking shot scores]. Uluslararası Güncel Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 6(1), 13-29.
  7. 7. Cocks, M., Moulton, C. A., Luu, S., & Cil, T. (2014). What surgeons can learn from athletes: Mental practice in sports and surgery. Journal of Surgical Education, 71(2), 262-269.
  8. 8. Çelik, O. B., & Güngör, N. B. (2020). The effects of the mental training skills on the prediction of the sports sciences faculty students' anxiety levels. International Journal of Eurasian Education and Culture, 9(9), 888-929.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Sports Medicine

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 27, 2022

Submission Date

June 11, 2021

Acceptance Date

December 8, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 27 Number: 1

APA
Arı, Y., Gülşen Eşkil, K., Eşkil, R., & İlhan, L. (2022). Mental Training Skills of Athletes According to Various Variables. Gazi Journal of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, 27(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.53434/gbesbd.951209

Cited By

Gazi Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences is a scientific and peer-reviewed journal published quarterly.