Usage of Self Talk in Competition by Athletes

Authors

  • Yuka Funatsu

Keywords:

self-talk, competition, elite athletes

Abstract

Self-talk has frequently been studied in sport psychology to improve performance increase mood or improve confidence Coaches and athletes focus on self-talk to perform better in competition While a majority of the literature conducted were experimental studies on function of self-talk only limited studies investigate self-talk dialogue in competition This review will analyze the current literature on self-talk in competition to determine the important factors in future research EBSCO Host database including CINAHL Complete Health Source Nursing Academic Edition MEDLINE Complete and SPORT Discus were used to search for articles specific to self-talk in competition The search was limited to articles published within 10 years and written in English A total of seven articles focused on self-talk in competition Four articles studied self-talk in competition with the effect on performance and three articles studied elite athlete s self-talk dialogue in competition The review is limited due to lack of articles available on self-talk in competition To unfold how athletes utilize self-talk this review will introduce a sport-specific model of self-talk by Van Raalte Vincent and Brewer 2016 Additionally it will compare the model with elite self-talk dialogue to explore the usage of self-talk in competition Furthermore future research to be conducted on self-talk dialogue of elite athletes will be recommended

How to Cite

Yuka Funatsu. (2018). Usage of Self Talk in Competition by Athletes. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 18(A1), 1–5. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/2682

Usage of Self Talk in Competition by Athletes

Published

2018-01-15