The Influence of Sports Performance Strategies on Burnout and Perceived Performance of College Athletes

Numerous studies have shown that dispositional mindfulness is positively associated with many mental abilities related to sports performance, including psychological skills and mental toughness. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between dispositional mindfulness, psychological skills, and mental toughness among different types of athletes. For this cross-sectional study, 101 college athletes were recruited. Their dispositional mindfulness, psychological skills, and mental toughness were measured by the Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Athletic Psychological Skills Inventory (APSI), and Traits of Mental Toughness Inventory for Sports Scale (TMTIS). Pearson’s correlation was used to calculate how dispositional mindfulness is associated with psychological skills and mental toughness. The results revealed that dispositional mindfulness is positively associated with comprehensive APSI (r = 0.21–0.36, p < 0.05), TMTIS overall (r = 0.27, p < 0.01), positive effort (r = 0.26, p = 0.01), and pressure (r = 0.30, p < 0.01). These findings suggest a positive linkage between mindfulness and the two examined psychological characteristics related to sports performance. Other approaches to increase mindfulness may be considered in the future.

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The Effects of Psychological Skills Training on Mood States, Sports Performance Strategy and Perceived Performance of High School Swimmers in Slump

Korean Journal of Sport Psychology ◽

10.14385/kssp.31.2.107 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 107-122

Author(s):

Un-Kyung Lee ◽

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Hosang Yoo

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Skills Training ◽

Mood States ◽

Psychological Skills ◽

Sports Performance ◽

Psychological Skills Training ◽

Perceived Performance

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Relationship among Achievement Goal Orientation, Sports Performance Strategies, and Competitive Anxiety of Professional Golfers

Korean Journal of Sports Science ◽

10.35159/kjss.2021.8.30.4.247 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 247-262

Author(s):

Seung-Hyun Park ◽

Sang-Won Ha

Keyword(s):

Goal Orientation ◽

Achievement Goal ◽

Achievement Goal Orientation ◽

Sports Performance ◽

Competitive Anxiety ◽

Professional Golfers ◽

Performance Strategies

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The biochemistry of drugs and doping methods used to enhance aerobic sport performance

Essays in Biochemistry ◽

10.1042/bse0440063 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 44 ◽

pp. 63-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Chris E. Cooper

Keyword(s):

Oxygen Uptake ◽

Oxygen Content ◽

Oxygen Delivery ◽

Sport Performance ◽

Blood Substitutes ◽

Altitude Training ◽

Blood Oxygen ◽

Oxygen Carriers ◽

Sports Performance ◽

Blood Doping

Optimum performance in aerobic sports performance requires an efficient delivery to, and consumption of, oxygen by the exercising muscle. It is probable that maximal oxygen uptake in the athlete is multifactorial, being shared between cardiac output, blood oxygen content, muscle blood flow, oxygen diffusion from the blood to the cell and mitochondrial content. Of these, raising the blood oxygen content by raising the haematocrit is the simplest acute method to increase oxygen delivery and improve sport performance. Legal means of raising haematocrit include altitude training and hypoxic tents. Illegal means include blood doping and the administration of EPO (erythropoietin). The ability to make EPO by genetic means has resulted in an increase in its availability and use, although it is probable that recent testing methods may have had some impact. Less widely used illegal methods include the use of artificial blood oxygen carriers (the so-called ‘blood substitutes’). In principle these molecules could enhance aerobic sports performance; however, they would be readily detectable in urine and blood tests. An alternative to increasing the blood oxygen content is to increase the amount of oxygen that haemoglobin can deliver. It is possible to do this by using compounds that right-shift the haemoglobin dissociation curve (e.g. RSR13). There is a compromise between improving oxygen delivery at the muscle and losing oxygen uptake at the lung and it is unclear whether these reagents would enhance the performance of elite athletes. However, given the proven success of blood doping and EPO, attempts to manipulate these pathways are likely to lead to an ongoing battle between the athlete and the drug testers.

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