How is the Application of Mental Skills Instruments to Map the Mental Skills of College Athletes?

Juriana, Kurnia Tahki, Nur Ali

2019

Abstract

Mental trainings are needed to support the achievement of high performance of college athletes. The mental trainings program must be in accordance with the conditions of the athletes so that they first need to map the athletes’ mental skills through the application of mental skills instruments to the college athletes. This research aims to apply mental skills instrument in college athletes. It was conducted at Universitas Negeri Jakarta in which the sample came from 29 different sports in Klub Olahraga Prestasi Universitas Negeri Jakarta consisting of 455 athletes on January-June 2019. The research instrument used Loehr’s mental skills questionnaire consists of seven dimensions namely: self-confidence, negative energy control, concentration, visualization and imagery ability, motivation, positive energy, and attitude control (firstly, language validity provided through expert opinion). The research employed descriptive method with survey techniques, while data analysis technique used was descriptive statistical techniques. Results of the study showed that : 1) the majority of student in university have the high of mental skills level; 2) five aspects of mental skills that are good enough for most college athletes, namely: self-confidence, visualization and imagery ability, motivation, positive energy, and attitude control, this is because most athletes belong to the high category; 3) two aspects of mental skills that still need to be developed in the majority of college athletes, namely: negative energy control and concentration, this is because most athletes are still in the moderate category.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Juriana., Tahki K. and Ali N. (2019). How is the Application of Mental Skills Instruments to Map the Mental Skills of College Athletes?.In Proceedings of the 3rd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science in conjunction with the 2nd Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports - Volume 1: YISHPESS and CoIS, ISBN 978-989-758-457-2, pages 629-634. DOI: 10.5220/0009799906290634

in Bibtex Style

@conference{yishpess and cois19,
author={Juriana and Kurnia Tahki and Nur Ali},
title={How is the Application of Mental Skills Instruments to Map the Mental Skills of College Athletes?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science in conjunction with the 2nd Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports - Volume 1: YISHPESS and CoIS,},
year={2019},
pages={629-634},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009799906290634},
isbn={978-989-758-457-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science in conjunction with the 2nd Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports - Volume 1: YISHPESS and CoIS,
TI - How is the Application of Mental Skills Instruments to Map the Mental Skills of College Athletes?
SN - 978-989-758-457-2
AU - Juriana.
AU - Tahki K.
AU - Ali N.
PY - 2019
SP - 629
EP - 634
DO - 10.5220/0009799906290634