Intervention of Autogenous Training Techniques for Psychological Preparedness of Sports School Students
Eduction.Inovation.Diversity 2022
Helēna Vecenāne, Žermēna Vazne

Athletes' success in sports is linked not only to good physical, technical and tactical preparedness, but also to psychological fitness. In sports psychology there are two basic types of psychological preparation, namely general psychological preparation and special psychological preparation. Just as comprehensive physical preparation is the basis for an athlete's special, technical, tactical fitness, so comprehensive psychological preparation is the basis for an athlete's mental toughness both during the training and competing. Regardless of the stressors, the athletes with higher levels of mental toughness can overcome more easily the negative effects of stress. In order to gain mental toughness skills, it is necessary to develop basic psychological skills at the same time as starting sports activities, and this process should continue in parallel with the entire training process. The aim of the study: to explore the intervention benefits of autogenous training (AT) techniques for improving the psychological skills of young women volleyball players. Research method: a survey was employed for obtaining the athletes' feedback. Results: Statistically significant changes were found in the self-assessment of athletes' well-being after autogenous training. The self-assessment results show that athletes reach different AT acquisition levels as the result of a two-month AT intervention: 7.7% of athletes do not have difficulty with AT techniques, for 30.8% AT come easy, but not always, 53.8% of athletes sometimes manage to feel warmth in different parts of the body, relax, concentrate, focus attention on breathing and repetition of the target formulas, but for 7.7% of athletes the acquisition results of AT techniques are poor.


Keywords
autogenous training techniques, psychological preparation, athletes
DOI
10.17770/eid2022.1.6806
Hyperlink
https://journals.rta.lv/index.php/EID/article/view/6806

Vecenāne, H., Vazne, Ž. Intervention of Autogenous Training Techniques for Psychological Preparedness of Sports School Students. Eduction.Inovation.Diversity, 2022, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp.57-63. e-ISSN 2661-5401. Available from: doi:10.17770/eid2022.1.6806

Publication language
English (en)
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