Influence of mental energy on volleyball competition performance: a field test

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Shiow-Fang Shieh¹  Frank J.H. Lu²  Diane L. Gill³  Chih-Hsuan Yu²  Shu-Ping Tseng⁴  Meisam Savardelavar⁵ 

[1] Graduate School of Leisure and Exercise, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology;Graduate Institute of Sport Coaching Science, Chinese Culture University;Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro;Tainan University of Technology, Tainan University of Technology;Department of Sport Sciences, Zand Institute of Higher Education

关键词: Peak performance;    Psychology of sport excellence;    Optimal state of mind;    Concentration;    Emotional state;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.15109

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Athletic mental energy is a newly emerging research topic in sport science. However, whether it can predict objective performance in competition remains unexplored. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the predictability of mental energy on volleyball competition performance. We recruited 81 male volleyball players (Mage = 21.11 years ± SD = 1.81) who participated in the last 16 remaining teams in a college volleyball tournament. We assessed participants’ mental energy the night before the competition and collected their competition performance over the next 3 days. We used six indices of the Volleyball Information System (VIS) developed by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) to examine its associations with mental energy. All six factors of mental energy –motivation, tirelessness, calm, vigor, confidence, and concentration correlated with volleyball competition performance. Further, a hierarchical regression found mental energy predicted volleyball receivers’ performance (R2 = .23). The findings advance our knowledge of mental energy and objective performance in competition. We suggest that future studies may examine the effects of mental energy on different sports with different performance indices.

【 授权许可】

CC BY