The Effect of Skill Level on Darts Throwers’ Use of Different Mental Skills

Autor:	Mohammad Reza Shahabi Haseb, Linda Jane Duffy, Ali Reza Aminaee, Arezou Mehranian
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Mental practice biology Athletes Significant difference Elite Applied psychology Skill level Mental skills biology.organism_classification Psychology Throwing Mental wellbeing
Zdroj:	International Journal of Motor Control and Learning. 2:3-12
ISSN:	2676-3451 2717-3283
Popis:	Background: In recent years sports psychologists, coaches and athletes have paid a greater focus of attention to mental wellbeing and psychological skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate which psychological skills are important to two levels of skills among Darts players, namely; elite and beginner.\ud \ud Method: The sample consisted of 24 elite and 24 beginner Darts throwers. In order to gain insight into Darts throwing, beginner Darts players attended a national-championship-simulated competition. Both elite and beginner players also completed the Ottawa Mental Skill Questionnaire.\ud \ud Results: Independent t-test results showed that there was a significant difference just in basic psychiatric skills between the beginner and elite Darts throwers (p0.05). \ud \ud Conclusion: Results revealed differences between elite and beginner Darts players in foundation mental skills and commitment and mental practice subscales. Furthermore, results showed that for the commitment skill, elite and beginner Darts throwers were at the highest and lowest level respectively.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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