A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Yn: Sport Psychologist, Cyfrol 32, Rhif 1, 03.2018, t. 9-15.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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T1 - A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance
AU - Abdoli, Behrouz
AU - Hardy, James
AU - Riyahi, Javad F.
AU - Farsi, Ailreza
N1 - As accepted for publication
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - Empirical literature addressing the effectiveness of self-talk for expert performers is lacking. We addressed this shortcoming within the existent literature and examined the comparative effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on basketball free throw shooting accuracy and salient movement kinematics. We recruited twenty professional basketball players to participate in a 2 x 2 pre/post-test experiment. Free throw accuracy and movement patterns were recorded, with the latter subsequently used to calculate elbow-wrist coordination variability. Results indicated superior shooting accuracy and reduced movement coordination variability for instructional self-talk compared to baseline conditions whereas, no differences emerged for motivational self-talk. Findings from the study help practitioners to better guide skilled performers how best to use self-talk; an area in urgent need of further research.
AB - Empirical literature addressing the effectiveness of self-talk for expert performers is lacking. We addressed this shortcoming within the existent literature and examined the comparative effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on basketball free throw shooting accuracy and salient movement kinematics. We recruited twenty professional basketball players to participate in a 2 x 2 pre/post-test experiment. Free throw accuracy and movement patterns were recorded, with the latter subsequently used to calculate elbow-wrist coordination variability. Results indicated superior shooting accuracy and reduced movement coordination variability for instructional self-talk compared to baseline conditions whereas, no differences emerged for motivational self-talk. Findings from the study help practitioners to better guide skilled performers how best to use self-talk; an area in urgent need of further research.
KW - Inatructional Self-talk
KW - Motivational Self-talk
KW - Coordination variability
KW - Accuracy
KW - Professional Sport
U2 - 10.1123/tsp.2016-0162
DO - 10.1123/tsp.2016-0162
M3 - Article
VL - 32
SP - 9
EP - 15
JO - Sport Psychologist
JF - Sport Psychologist
SN - 0888-4781
IS - 1
ER -