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Bahmani B, Soukhtehzari S, Mazaherinezhad A, Sayyah M. Assessing Mental Skills of Student Athletes in a Colligate Sport Olympiad. Biosci Biotech Res Asia 2015;12(spl.edn.2)
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Assessing Mental Skills of Student Athletes in a Colligate Sport Olympiad

Bahman Bahmani1, Saeid Soukhtehzari2, Ali Mazaherinezhad3 and Mansour Sayyah4

1Department of Counseling, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran. 2Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran. 3Assistant Professor of Sports Medicine, Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 4Exercise Science and Physical education, Associate Professor, Affiliated Faculty Member of Trauma Research Center of Kashan University of Medical Sciences. I.R. Iran.

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/2229

ABSTRACT: Mental skills play an important role in successful sport performance. The purpose of this research was to examine the mental skills of college student athletes participating in sport Olympiad. In this cross sectional research, 116 students voluntarily participated. Mental skill was assessed by using Ottawa-Mental Skill-III (OMSAT-3). The demographic information as well as mental skill of the participants was recorded. SPSS:PC 16.0 was employed to analyze the data. The result of analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the main components of basic, psychosomatic and cognitive skills of college student athletes participating in sport Olympiad. Based on the result of this research, college student athletes participating in sport Olympiad lack several mental sub skills and they need special training program to improve their mental preparation for participating in important sport competitions.

KEYWORDS: Mental skills; Olympiad; Athletes

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