Abstract
To examine the relationship between students’ athletic ability and their psychological skills in the athletic club and the school life setting, 99 players from high school soccer teams were administered with the Psychological Skills Inventory for Athletic Clubs and the Psychological Skills Inventory for School Life. Five coaches of the soccer teams evaluated the players’ athletic ability, using the Technique, Intelligence and Insight, Personality, and Speed (TIPS) evaluation framework. Structural equation modeling was conducted to test a series of structural models. Psychological skills in the school life setting have a direct effect on athletic ability. In addition, psychological skills in an athletic club setting have an indirect effect on athletic ability through psychological skills in the school life setting. In conclusion, the coach’s belief that players who have life skills and can control their daily life must have a high athletic ability was not wrong.
Highlights
Several programs have been carried out with athletes with the goal of facilitating the development of psychological skills such as concentration (Nideffer, 1993) and stress management (Smith, 1989), thereby improving athletic performance
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between the athletic abilities of Japanese high school soccer players and their psychological skills in both athletic club and school life settings
No empirical studies had explored the relationship between the athletic ability of the athlete and his or her psychological skills in daily life
Summary
Several programs have been carried out with athletes with the goal of facilitating the development of psychological skills such as concentration (Nideffer, 1993) and stress management (Smith, 1989), thereby improving athletic performance. The development of psychological skills to enhance athletic performance is becoming nothing special. The Relationship between Athletic Abilities of Japanese High School Soccer Players and Their Psychological Skills in Both Athletic Club and School Life Settings.
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