Discriminating Mental Skills among Adolescent Elite and Competitive Soccer and Volleyball Players
Background. Mental skills are defined as a set of trainable mental abilities and methods that are held to underpin successful learning and performance. Objectives. The aim of the present research was to study and compare the mental skills of adolescent elite and competitive volleyball and soccer pl...
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| author | Zahra Fathirezaie Seyed Hojjat Zamani Sani Safyeh Ebrahimi Serge Brand Iraj Jahanbakhsh Saeed Nazari |
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| description | Background. Mental skills are defined as a set of trainable mental abilities and methods that are held to underpin successful learning and performance.
Objectives. The aim of the present research was to study and compare the mental skills of adolescent elite and competitive volleyball and soccer players.
Methods. The sample consisted of 100 players (54 elite soccer, 13 elite volleyball, 18 competitive soccer and 15 competitive volleyball) selected via a purposive sampling method. Data were collected using the Ottawa Mental Skills Assessment Tool-2 (OMSAT-2).
Results. Elite and competitive volleyball players had higher scores for stress reactions than elite soccer players. In addition, elite soccer players had more self-confidence than competitive soccer and volleyball players. Also, competitive volleyball players had higher levels of fear than elite soccer players. There were no other significant differences in mental skills between soccer and volleyball players.
Conclusion. It seems that adolescent volleyball players stand in more immediate need of learning strategies for coping with stress, fear and self-confidence management than soccer players. Results are discussed in terms of an athlete’s levels, the nature and characteristics of the sport and choking during performance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-49354218e7c94cd3875ea7ae4d7d80902025-08-20T02:18:55ZengThe Society of Aging and Physical Activity (SAPA)Annals of Applied Sport Science2322-44792018-10-01632329Discriminating Mental Skills among Adolescent Elite and Competitive Soccer and Volleyball PlayersZahra Fathirezaie0Seyed Hojjat Zamani Sani1Safyeh Ebrahimi2Serge Brand3Iraj Jahanbakhsh4Saeed Nazari5 Motor Behavior Department, Physical Education and Sport Science Faculty, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran Motor Behavior Department, Physical Education and Sport Science Faculty, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran Motor Behavior Department, Physical Education and Sport Science Faculty, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders (ZASS), Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), University of Basel. Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, Division of Sport and Psychosocial Health, University of Basel, Switzerland Department of sport physiology, Physical Education and Sport Science Faculty, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran Department of sport physiology, Physical Education and Sport Science Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Background. Mental skills are defined as a set of trainable mental abilities and methods that are held to underpin successful learning and performance. Objectives. The aim of the present research was to study and compare the mental skills of adolescent elite and competitive volleyball and soccer players. Methods. The sample consisted of 100 players (54 elite soccer, 13 elite volleyball, 18 competitive soccer and 15 competitive volleyball) selected via a purposive sampling method. Data were collected using the Ottawa Mental Skills Assessment Tool-2 (OMSAT-2). Results. Elite and competitive volleyball players had higher scores for stress reactions than elite soccer players. In addition, elite soccer players had more self-confidence than competitive soccer and volleyball players. Also, competitive volleyball players had higher levels of fear than elite soccer players. There were no other significant differences in mental skills between soccer and volleyball players. Conclusion. It seems that adolescent volleyball players stand in more immediate need of learning strategies for coping with stress, fear and self-confidence management than soccer players. Results are discussed in terms of an athlete’s levels, the nature and characteristics of the sport and choking during performance.http://aassjournal.com/article-1-515-en.htmlsoccervolleyballpsychologyself-confidencefearcoping with stress |
| spellingShingle | Zahra Fathirezaie Seyed Hojjat Zamani Sani Safyeh Ebrahimi Serge Brand Iraj Jahanbakhsh Saeed Nazari Discriminating Mental Skills among Adolescent Elite and Competitive Soccer and Volleyball Players Annals of Applied Sport Science soccer volleyball psychology self-confidence fear coping with stress |
| title | Discriminating Mental Skills among Adolescent Elite and Competitive Soccer and Volleyball Players |
| title_full | Discriminating Mental Skills among Adolescent Elite and Competitive Soccer and Volleyball Players |
| title_fullStr | Discriminating Mental Skills among Adolescent Elite and Competitive Soccer and Volleyball Players |
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| title_short | Discriminating Mental Skills among Adolescent Elite and Competitive Soccer and Volleyball Players |
| title_sort | discriminating mental skills among adolescent elite and competitive soccer and volleyball players |
| topic | soccer volleyball psychology self-confidence fear coping with stress |
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