Psychological Characteristics of Optimal Performance in Sport: Mental Skills in Soccer

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina A. Fink ◽  
Emily R. Galvin ◽  
Zachary Noble
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Performance ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Mental Skills

scholarly journals Mentální dovednosti českých sportovců: validační studie české verze dotazníku OMSAT-3*

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-181
Author(s):  
Michal Vičar ◽  
Hana Hřebíčková
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Skills Assessment ◽  
Mental Skills ◽  
Stress Control ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The World

The Ottawa Mental Skills Assessment Tool, OMSAT-3*, (Durand-Bush, N., Salmela, J. H., & GreenDemers, I., 2001) is a dialogic tool used all around the world to assess the quality of mental skills of both professional and amateur athletes. This article deals with translation and formation of a Czech version. It analyses the findings related to sports talent with an emphasis on sports talent identification and mental skills. OMSAT-3* is comprised of forty-eight questions. The questionnaire focuses on twelve psychological characteristics of mental skills divided into three groups – Foundation skills (self-confidence, commitment and goal-setting), Psychosomatic skills (stress control, fear control, relaxation and activation) and Cognitive skills (focusing, refocusing, imagery, mental practise and competition planning). The Czech version of the questionnaire was administrated to athletes (n-254) aged between 11 and 42 years from 26 sport disciplines of various performance levels. The scales reliability was verified in goal-setting, self-confidence, commitment, activation, focusing, competition planning and mental practise, with population more experienced in sport also in stress control. The remaining dimensions (relaxation, fear control, imagery and refocusing) show too low internal consistency. Neither the validity of the Czech version of the questionnaire nor its factor structure were therefore confirmed. Based on an analysis of the translation deficiencies, a new Czech version of the OMSAT-3* questionnaire was created.

scholarly journals Physical, physiological and psychological profiles of elite Turkish taekwondo athletes

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-196
Author(s):  
Hadi Nabizadeh Khayyat ◽  
Sibel Güler Sağır ◽  
Özkan Hataş ◽  
Marcin Smolarczyk ◽  
Cengiz Akalan
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Postural Stability ◽  
Vertical Jump ◽  
Stability Index ◽  
Peak Torque ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Mental Skills ◽  
Shuttle Run ◽  
Isokinetic Peak Torque

SummaryStudy aim: To identify the physical, physiological and psychological profiles of elite Turkish taekwondo athletes.Material and methods: Twelve players of the Turkish national taekwondo team (age = 22.7 ± 2.8 years, BMI = 22.2 ± 1.4 kg/m2, body fat = 12.8 ± 3.4%) participated in the study. Anthropometric measurements including leg length and foot size were assessed. Maximal oxygen uptake, explosive power of leg extensors, isokinetic peak torque, muscular endurance, anaerobic power, agility, flexibility, maximal speed, reaction time, and postural balance were examined by incremental treadmill running, vertical jump, isokinetic strength, sit-ups and push-ups, Wingate, shuttle run, sit-and-reach, 30-meter sprint, multiple-choice reaction time, and General Postural Stability and Athlete Single Leg stability tests, respectively. Psychological characteristics including mental skills and mood states were evaluated using OMSAT-3 and POMS tests.Results: VO2max, isokinetic peak torque and Wingate test mean power values were 54.1 ± 4.4 mL ∙ kg−1 ∙ min−1, 191.7 ± 19.2 N ∙ m, and 9 ± 0.7 W/kg, respectively. Postural stability index 0.18 ± 0.06, single leg stability index 0.82 ± 0.11, reaction time 0.344 ± 0.032 s, 10 × 5-m shuttle run 17.09 ± 0.68 s, 30-meter sprint 4.60 ± 0.23 s, and vertical jump 43.5 ± 6.1 cm were the other values reported. The highest scores for the 12 mental skills in OMSAT-3 were for goal setting (6.25 ± 0.45) and self-confidence (6.16 ± 0.45). The lowest score was for Imagery (5.64 ± 0.36). The results of six mood states of POMS showed higher scores on the Vigor-activity, Anger-Hostility and Tension-Anxiety scales and lower scores on Depression-Dejection, Fatigue-Inertia and Confusion-Bewilderment than norms.Conclusions: The findings of this study revealed the physical, physiological, and psychological characteristics in taekwondo. The results of the tests could be useful for performance assessment of taekwondo players.

Mental Links to Excellence

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Orlick ◽  
John Partington
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Optimal Performance ◽  
Mental Skills ◽  
Common Elements ◽  
Performance Outcome ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Olympic Athletes ◽  
The Olympic Games

This study included 235 Canadian Olympic athletes who participated in the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo and Los Angeles. Individual interviews were carried out with 75 athletes and a questionnaire was completed by another 160 to assess their mental readiness for the Olympic Games and factors related to mental readiness. Common elements of success were identified, as well as factors that interfered with optimal performance at the Olympic Games. Statistically significant links were found between Olympic performance outcome and certain mental skills.

Measuring the Situational Eight DIAMONDS Characteristics of Situations

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Rauthmann ◽  
Ryne A. Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Current Work

Abstract. It has been suggested that people perceive psychological characteristics of situations on eight major dimensions ( Rauthmann et al., 2014 ): The “Situational Eight” DIAMONDS (Duty, Intellect, Adversity, Mating, pOsitivity, Negativity, Deception, Sociality). These dimensions have been captured with the 32-item RSQ-8. The current work optimizes the RSQ-8 to derive more economical yet informative and precise scales, captured in the newly developed S8*. Nomological associations of the original RSQ-8 and the S8* with situation cues (extracted from written situation descriptions) were compared. Application areas of the S8* are outlined.

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