Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clear their psychological athletic ability by comparison between members and non-members as Team and Units, and also to assess the different of the psychological ability between elite rugby players and collegiate athletes and collect those data. This study conducted a survey on psychological-competitive ability of rugby players who belong to companies with a focus on members and non-members in a whole team included both Backs (BK) and Forwards (FW), or each unit. Comparison between these players and collegiate players was also carried out and their differences were clarified. The results of the survey showed that the members’ scores of “Judgment” and “Strategic ability” were higher than the non-members’ scores. The comparison with the collegiate players indicated that the elite players’ scores of “Self-control”, “Ability to relax”, “Concentration”, and “Mental stability and concentration” were higher than the collegiate players’ score as well as the collegiate players’ scores of “Volition for winning” and “Volition for competition” were higher than the elite players’ scores. These results suggested that rugby players need decision making skills in the game situations and these psychological skills such as “Judgment” and “Strategic ability” are important in selection criteria of members and coaching guidelines even for the players who belong to companies.
Highlights
IntroductionJapan rugby had only 1 win, and 2 draws in the World Cup History by 2015, but Japan national team beat Republic of South Africa in the 2015 World Cup and the media reported the win as “The miracle of Brighton”
The comparison with the collegiate players indicated that the elite players’ scores of “Self-control”, “Ability to relax”, “Concentration”, and “Mental stability and concentration” were higher than the collegiate players’ score as well as the collegiate players’ scores of “Volition for winning” and “Volition for competition” were higher than the elite players’ scores. These results suggested that rugby players need decision making skills in the game situations and these psychological skills such as “Judgment” and “Strategic ability” are important in selection criteria of members and coaching guidelines even for the players who belong to companies
The other group was “BK (18 players, Mean age: 26.44 ± 3.8)” which consists of Scrum Half (SH), Stand Off (SO), Center Three Backs (CTB), Wing Three Backs (WTB), and Full Backs (FB)
Summary
Japan rugby had only 1 win, and 2 draws in the World Cup History by 2015, but Japan national team beat Republic of South Africa in the 2015 World Cup and the media reported the win as “The miracle of Brighton”. In this world cup, Japanese national team had three wins and one loses, but they could not advance to the tournament. In the environment around Japanese rugby it is very important for the team which has players who are working for the company to improve efficiently because of their limited training time. We need to think how we should coach and train the teams which have players working for the company to improve their ability to compete against the team whose players are mainly professional players
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