The Effect of Self-Talk on the Penalty Execution in Goalball

Autor/inn/en	Stamou, Eirini; Theodorakis, Yiannis; Kokaridas, Dimitrios; Perkos, Stefanos; Kessanopoulou, Melpomeni
Titel	The Effect of Self-Talk on the Penalty Execution in Goalball
Quelle	In: British Journal of Visual Impairment, 25 (2007) 3, S.233-247 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0264-6196
DOI	10.1177/0264619607079800
Schlagwörter	Athletes; Foreign Countries; Females; Athletics; Team Sports; Blindness; Inner Speech (Subvocal); Performance Factors; Self Motivation; Attitudes; Greece (Athens) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Athlet; Ausland; Weibliches Geschlecht; Leichtathletik; Mannschaftssport; Blindheit; Inneres Sprechen; Leistungsindikator; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness and preference of the two different types of self-talk (instructional and motivational) on penalty execution skill in goalball and gain insight on the athletes' perceptions concerning self-talk use and its influence on their performance. The sample consisted of six female athletes, aged 26-40 years old (mean = 33 years), all members of the national goalball team representing Greece in the Paralympic Games in Athens 2004. In each experimental procedure, five athletes were the subjects of an instructional and a motivational self-talk test while executing 20 penalties, with a rest period following the first 10 penalties. One athlete was stable defending the other athletes' shooting and she was not involved in any test during each experimental procedure. Although non-parametric statistics indicated no difference on performance, the results revealed a percentage difference on performance ranging from 1.5 per cent to 26.1 per cent for each athlete in favor of instructional self-talk in all three experimental procedures. Finally, participants showed preference toward the use of instructional self-talk to improve their penalty execution skill. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10