Sports performance improvement depends on athletes' behavior in training and competition situations. Several methods of psychological assessment are used on sports teams, helping coaches and team staffs make decisions about players' conditions and their performance enhancement. Brunel's Mood Scale (BRUMS) evaluates individual mental and mood states, which may lead to training and periodization changes on sports performance. The aim of this study was to relate these mood scales to sport performance of 30 professional Goalball players during training and competition, stratified by sex, competitive level, position and ownership.The results demonstrated significant correlations among mood and sport performance variables in training and competition, highlighted the differences in mood states between men and women but not in performance, showed that national and international players do not differ regarding athletic performance, indicated that that wing players tend to attack more than defend while pivots tend to defend more than attack and finally revealed that reserves differ from holders in mood states but do not differ from holders regarding sport performance. It can be concluded that it is important to evaluate mood states of athlete's as a way to enhance sports performance.
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