Pre-competitive anxiety and pre-match mental preparation in hockey and floorball goalkeepers
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The aim of this study was to map the degree of pre-competitive anxiety and to detect the form of pre-match mental preparation of hockey and floorball goalkeepers playing top-level. This is a pilot study for which a qualitative research was chosen due to the available number of probands meeting the selected criteria. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, which were subsequently examined by the analysis of frequency and content. The research sample consisted of five ice-hockey and five floorball goalkeepers aged between 18 and 33 (average 24,8). The results show the existence of a certain degree of the pre-competitive anxiety, where there were more elements (e.g. fear of failure, fear of disappointing others) founded influencing the degree of pre-competitive anxiety in floorball goalkeepers than in ice-hockey goalkeepers. The results also confirm the positive effect of mental preparation for the game on both groups of respondents. Among the methods of mental preparation, the imagery and goal-setting were the most often used methods across respondents. Where the most important seemed to be partial goals. The findings of this thesis can be used both for further research in this area and can be applied in practice, as they provide valuable insight into an important part of the psychological training of this largely specific target group of top athletes, not only for the goalkeepers themselves, but also for coaches. |
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