Pre-competitive anxiety in athletes of the judo base categories: experience report of brazilian judo championship

Background: Pre-competitive anxiety is one of the most studied themes among psychological factors for performance in high performance competitions. When it comes to grassroots categories this pressure can be higher considering the psychic structure and age of these little athletes. Objective: The ob...

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Autores: de Souza, Jaqueline Puquevis, Lobo, Cristina Costa, Anjos, Carlos Leonardo dos, Passareli, Luiz Felipe Mikulis
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE)
Repositorio:Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.e-revista.unioeste.br:article/23061
Acesso em linha:https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/23061
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ansiedade
Judô
Treinamento mental.
Anxiety
Judo
Mental Training
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Resumo:Background: Pre-competitive anxiety is one of the most studied themes among psychological factors for performance in high performance competitions. When it comes to grassroots categories this pressure can be higher considering the psychic structure and age of these little athletes. Objective: The objective of this report is to discuss theoretically the concepts of pre-competitive stress and anxiety, describing an experience of acquiring participants’ techniques and behaviors through a training of mental skills on the day of competition. Methods: This study was conducted from the observations of four athletes between 11 and 13 years old at the Brazilian Judo Championship in 2018, after a seven-month period of mental skills training, performed in an intervention project in Sports Psychology. Results: Through reports and observations, it was observed the use of strategies and techniques for anxiety reduction, used by the four athletes participating in the project. Conclusion: The results showed that situational factors such as somatic body sensations and dysfunctional thoughts, denoted the main ways anxiety was experienced by these children. The techniques learned in the mental training experienced by the athletes were applied in competition and had a positive impact on the control of cognitive and somatic anxieties.