Psychological training programs

This study was designed to determine the Effectiveness of a group centered and combined group / individualized psychological training program on state anxiety factors and game performance for skills of a top 10 nationally ranked NCAA Division I women''s basketball team. Data were collected during the pre-season, regular season, and post season play across a 20 week time period. There 7 athletes were in the group centered program and 3 athletes in the combined / collaborative program. The findings suggested that: (a) foul shooting performance can be significantly enhanced through The use of a mental and physical training program; (b) the collaborative group and individualized programs significantly effected cognitive and somatic anxiety in a positive direction, and (c) the collaborative individualized program produced significantly greater results on self-confidence and rebounding as compared to the group program. In addition, for athletes in the combined program there Were patterns of performance of the remaining open skills which were similar in the real world importance, but as statistically strong as rebounds by not minute.

Autorentext

While completing her PhD in Sports Psychology at the University of Tennessee, Carolyn served as the sports psychology consultant for the Lady Vols NCAA championship basketball team in 1990-91. Carolyn's book, The Art of Coaching: A Practical Guide to Building Successful Teams, is available online at www.artofcoachingonline.com.