The purpose of this study is to maximize performance of high school and college shooting athletes through analyzing psychological skill factors by gender, events, teams, experience, and level of match and presenting psychological factors influencing d...
The purpose of this study is to maximize performance of high school and college shooting athletes through analyzing psychological skill factors by gender, events, teams, experience, and level of match and presenting psychological factors influencing deterioration of performance.
The subject in this study was male and female shooting athletes participated in the 6th National Michuhall Flag Shooting Match and the 38th National Bong Whang Flag Shooting Match in 2008. 370 rifle and pistol athletes who are high school and college students participated in this study. To accomplish the research purpose, this study used the psychological skill test for archers (PSAS) and conducted t-test and one-way ANOVA by the purpose of analysis. The results of this study are following:
First, in psychological skill factors by gender, male athletes showed higher level on mental control/motivation of achievement, arousal control, and confidence than female athletes. On the other hand, female athletes showed higher level on concentration/anxiety.
Second, in psychological skill factors by shooting events of the athlete, rifle athletes showed higher level on mental control, arousal control, and confidence than pistol athletes. However, pistol athletes had slightly higher level on motivation of achievement than rifle athletes.
Third, in psychological skill factors by teams, college athletes showed higher level on mental control, motivation of achievement, arousal control, and confidence than high school athletes. But high school athletes showed higher level on concentration/anxiety than college athletes.
Fourth, in psychological skill factors by experience, athletes who have over six years experience showed higher level on mental control, motivation of achievement, arousal control, and confidence. However, athletes who have three to six years experience showed higher level on concentration/anxiety than over six years experienced athletes.
Fifth, psychological skill factors by level of match, superior athletes showed higher level on all the factors; mental control, concentration/anxiety, motivation of achievement, arousal control, and confidence.