This study was done as a part of the Gyeong-gi province tennis play discovering projects with the support of NEST(Korea Foundation for the Nest Generation Sports Talent). There has been a great demand for research about application of psychological sk...
This study was done as a part of the Gyeong-gi province tennis play discovering projects with the support of NEST(Korea Foundation for the Nest Generation Sports Talent). There has been a great demand for research about application of psychological skill training to the field in tennis. The main purpose of the study is to investigate whether psychological skill training leads to positive changes in junior tennis players’ performance.
Observing the selection guide, we selected 30 junior players who are 14 years old and 16 as the subjects of the study.
The subjects experienced Psychological Skill Training programs like writing practice training diary, relaxation training, image training, serve symbol building training, image training, self-talk training, self-confidence training and routine training. There are a total 20 sessions(5months) each of which lasts for 60~70 minutes. Not only 20 sessions of psychological skill training, the objects had personal counselling throughout the research. In order to verify the effects of psychological skill training we used ACSI-2(Athletics Coping Skills Inventory) and came to the conclusion that there was a positive effects in subordinate psychological skills such as coping with adversity, peaking under pressure, concentration, reduced worry, confidence and achievement motivation and coach trust.
As the subjects were exposed to other programs such as character education, movement analysis, physical strength training etc, we can’t conclude that the sole psychological skill training brought about the positive effects. Therefore, it is necessary that we observe performance of the subjects constantly through follow up survey.