Mental skills of secondary school athletes / Mohamad Adib Aqwa Yazid

Yazid, Mohamad Adib Aqwa (2019) Mental skills of secondary school athletes / Mohamad Adib Aqwa Yazid. Degree thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA Sarawak.

Abstract

This study aimed to compare mental skills between individual and team sport of adolescents’ athletes in a secondary sports school. Participants included N=196 athletes (100 team and 96 individual sports athletes) took part in this study. The questionnaire used for this study was OMSAT-3 which assessed mental skills applied. The finding shows no significant differences ofgoal setting, competition planning and imagery (p > .05) but was significant in relaxation (p < .05) between the two types of sports among the athletes. These results will help coaches to understand the athletes’ mental skills practice and integrates certain mental skill to improve sports performance among the athletes. It is recommended that future studies should be conducted to explored open skill sports and closed skill sports on the types of mental skills.

Metadata

Item Type:	Thesis (Degree)
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Yazid, Mohamad Adib Aqwa 2016711989
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > Study and teaching. Research
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak > Kota Samarahan Campus Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sarawak > Kota Samarahan Campus > Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation
Programme:	Faculty Of Sports Science And Recreation
Keywords:	Mental, secondary, athletes
Date:	2019
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/91074