Case Study of Mental Skills Training for a Taekwondo Olympian

The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of systematic mental skills training (MST) for a taekwondo gold medallist. Based on MST of other sports, this programme was designed for a single subject who competed in the Olympics. The Korean test of performance strategies, Sport Attributional...

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Main Authors: Lim TaeHee, O’Sullivan David Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Human Kinetics
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spelling doaj-art-f4dc701999b94640be6b189b2cd20f232018-08-24T18:06:20ZengSciendoJournal of Human Kinetics1899-75622016-04-0150123524510.1515/hukin-2015-0161hukin-2015-0161Case Study of Mental Skills Training for a Taekwondo OlympianLim TaeHee0O’Sullivan David Michael1Faculty of Competition Taekwondo Yongin University, Yongin City, Republic of KoreaFaculty of Sports Science, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of KoreaThe purpose of this study was to identify the effect of systematic mental skills training (MST) for a taekwondo gold medallist. Based on MST of other sports, this programme was designed for a single subject who competed in the Olympics. The Korean test of performance strategies, Sport Attributional Style in Korean Athletes, and a few sessions of interviews were applied to investigate the effect of MST. The pre and post-test mean scores of both the Korean test of performance strategies and Sport Attributional Style in Korean Athletes were compared. Interviews recorded the athlete’s psychological characteristics. Excluding the ‘activation’ variable, all of the psychological skills, e.g. self-talk (4.25–5), emotional control (3.75–4.5), automaticity (3.75–4.25), goal setting (4.5–5), imagery (4.25–5), negative thinking (3.25–4.75), anxiety management (4.5–5), and physical and mental condition (4.5–5) improved. MST is believed to have helped the athlete succeed.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hukin.2015.50.issue-1/hukin-2015-0161/hukin-2015-0161.xml?format=INTmartial artscombatpsychology
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Case Study of Mental Skills Training for a Taekwondo Olympian
Journal of Human Kinetics
martial arts
combat
psychology
author_facet Lim TaeHee
O’Sullivan David Michael
author_sort Lim TaeHee
title Case Study of Mental Skills Training for a Taekwondo Olympian
title_short Case Study of Mental Skills Training for a Taekwondo Olympian
title_full Case Study of Mental Skills Training for a Taekwondo Olympian
title_fullStr Case Study of Mental Skills Training for a Taekwondo Olympian
title_full_unstemmed Case Study of Mental Skills Training for a Taekwondo Olympian
title_sort case study of mental skills training for a taekwondo olympian
publisher Sciendo
series Journal of Human Kinetics
issn 1899-7562
publishDate 2016-04-01
description The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of systematic mental skills training (MST) for a taekwondo gold medallist. Based on MST of other sports, this programme was designed for a single subject who competed in the Olympics. The Korean test of performance strategies, Sport Attributional Style in Korean Athletes, and a few sessions of interviews were applied to investigate the effect of MST. The pre and post-test mean scores of both the Korean test of performance strategies and Sport Attributional Style in Korean Athletes were compared. Interviews recorded the athlete’s psychological characteristics. Excluding the ‘activation’ variable, all of the psychological skills, e.g. self-talk (4.25–5), emotional control (3.75–4.5), automaticity (3.75–4.25), goal setting (4.5–5), imagery (4.25–5), negative thinking (3.25–4.75), anxiety management (4.5–5), and physical and mental condition (4.5–5) improved. MST is believed to have helped the athlete succeed.
topic martial arts
combat
psychology
url http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/hukin.2015.50.issue-1/hukin-2015-0161/hukin-2015-0161.xml?format=INT
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