Psychological characteristics and skills of top-level Dutch gymnasts in the initiation, development and mastery stages of the athletic career

Blijlevens, Suzan; Elferink‐Gemser, Marije T.; Wylleman, Paul; Bool, Kayan; Visscher, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.07.001

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“…Data analysis was conducted following the guidelines and six phases for thematic analysis (Figure 1) [43,44]. After repeatedly reading the transcribed interviews, the author summarized the initial ideas conveyed by the data (phase 1).…”

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“Coach Really Knew What I Needed and Understood Me Well as a Person”: Effective Communication Acts in Coach–Athlete Interactions among Korean Olympic Archers

Kim

Park

2020

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The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore situations in which athletes perceived communication with their coach to be important and determine the effect of this communication on the athletes. Literature on the communication process in sports emphasizes the distinct characteristics of each sports and its setting. However, previous research has not studied various settings in detail, and archery is yet to be explored. The qualitative process included an in-depth, semi-structured interview with eight Olympic archers. Thematic analysis was used to interpret the data. Athletes perceived communication with coaches to be important during their performance, while dealing with psychological crises, and during their training. Our analysis suggests that, depending on the communicative actions, a coach may positively or negatively impact an athlete’s self-awareness, self-confidence, anxiety, autonomy, and motivation. A noteworthy finding of this study is that archers perceive communication with coaches about the selection and management of equipment as important. This study emphasizes the critical role of an athlete’s communication with the coach in various situations and discusses the theoretical and practical implications in the context of sports performance.

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“Coach Really Knew What I Needed and Understood Me Well as a Person”: Effective Communication Acts in Coach–Athlete Interactions among Korean Olympic Archers

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2020

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“…They can use their reflection skills while taking the pathway towards expertise which is considered to be challenging, complex, and dynamic (Henriksen, Stambulova, & Roessler, 2010;MacNamara et al, 2010). An interesting venue for further research is to study the actual behavior of the youth athletes and relate this to their performance level and performance improvement (Blijlevens, Elferink-Gemser, Wylleman, Bool, & Visscher, 2018).…”

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The Value of Metacognitive Skills and Intrinsic Motivation for Current and Future Sport Performance Level in Talented Youth Athletes

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Purpose: In order to spend training time efficiently, insight in factors that relate to the development of sport performance is highly relevant for competitive athletes and their trainers/coaches. Purpose is to unravel the value of metacognitive skills (MCS) and intrinsic motivation for current and future sport performance level. Methods: Talented youth athletes (n = 103) active in field hockey, basketball and soccer filled in questionnaires for IM and MCS. Level of sport performance was expressed by an adjusted version of the formula for Eliteness of Swann et al. (2015). Correlations between IM, MCS and current sport performance level were calculated and followed by structural equation modelling and regression analysis. For a subsample (n = 41), level of performance was also determined one year later ("future performance level"). Results: Results show that, in contrast to IM (r = −.10), MCS are positively related to current sport performance level (r = .33, p < .05). IM is an underlying factor for MCS (r = .46, p < .05). Regression analyses show that 11% of variance in current performance level (p < .05) and 18% in future performance level can be explained by MCS. Conclusion: MCS are positively related to sport performance level in youth athletes, not only in the here and now, but even more over one year. With IM as underlying factor, using MCS and especially reflection, may help youth athletes to improve their sport performance.

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“…This finding means that for talented Swiss soccer players, a meaningful transition was perceived between the M15-M16 and M17-M18 age-groups. The players’ situated and evolving needs along their development pathway [ 37 , 38 ] were not fully met by the academy, which was seen as needing to provide more and adaptable support to the players. The results for the M17 age-group were particularly striking as the players felt that the coach communicated less or not at all about the reasons for training sessions and gave inadequate or insufficient support during challenging situations.…”

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“…Despite strong evidence of athletes’ changing needs along their developmental journey [ 14 , 37 , 38 ], no study has yet sought to describe how the set of the athletes in an academy perceive, or do not, whether their development environment is adapted to their situated needs. A closer look at these players’ perceptions and an analysis of TDE strengths and areas for improvement might thus be informative on the coherence of the talent pathways.…”

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Reviewing the role of the environment in the talent development of a professional soccer club

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This two-part study examined the perceptions of talented Swiss soccer players about their talent development environment. The first study presented the translation and validation of the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ) into French using a recommended methodology for translating and culturally adapting questionnaires. Two hundred and three Swiss athletes (M = 16.99 years old) responded to the 25 items of the TDEQ-5. One item was excluded due to low factor loadings, and the descriptive statistics showed that the re-specified TDEQ-5 instrument had acceptable global model fit according to the thresholds in the literature (χ2 (df = 17) = 484.62, p<0.001, CFI = 0.91, TLI = 0.90, RMSEA = 0.07, SRMR = 0.06). This adaptation is thus valid for assessing the effectiveness of talent development processes. For the second study, a holistic design was used to examine the perceptions of a set of players embedded in a top-level Swiss soccer academy (i.e., 64 elite soccer players from 14 to 18 years old) by using the TDEQ-5. The results showed some relative strengths (i.e., F1-Long-Term Focus for the M15 and M16 age-groups) and weaknesses (i.e., F2-Alignment of Expectations for the M17 and M18 age -groups and F3-Communication for M17). They also highlighted that the talent pathways of these Swiss soccer players could not be summarized by a single type of transition toward a professional team. Rather, there were context-specific requirements, such as the critical period between the M15-M16 and M17-M18 age-groups, suggesting that when the players first entered their TDE they experienced a set of affordances to develop and flourish, which thereafter were perceived as less rich and/or abundant. These results offer a starting point for optimizing talent pathways.

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Psychological characteristics and skills of top-level Dutch gymnasts in the initiation, development and mastery stages of the athletic career

Cited by 34 publications

References 27 publications

“Coach Really Knew What I Needed and Understood Me Well as a Person”: Effective Communication Acts in Coach–Athlete Interactions among Korean Olympic Archers

“Coach Really Knew What I Needed and Understood Me Well as a Person”: Effective Communication Acts in Coach–Athlete Interactions among Korean Olympic Archers

The Value of Metacognitive Skills and Intrinsic Motivation for Current and Future Sport Performance Level in Talented Youth Athletes

Reviewing the role of the environment in the talent development of a professional soccer club

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