Assessment of mental training in improving performance serve in volleyball

Authors

  • José Maria Montiel Centro Universitário FIEO
  • Daniel Bartholomeu Centro Universitário Salesiano de Americana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8524-7843
  • Heitor Francisco Pinto Cozza Centro Universitário Anhanguera de Santo André
  • Afonso Antonio Machado Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio Mesquita" https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5669-5425
  • Juliana Francisca Cecato Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2236-6407.2013v4n1p46

Keywords:

mental training, volleyball, service, sport psychology

Abstract

This article aimed to investigate the effects of mental training on volleyball players service performance. Six male volleyball players aged from 18 to 25 years old of a team from the interior of São Paulo’s state were studied. The service performance was evaluated in three different championships of the same season. The services were scored in game situations at the same time of the intervention process. The measure means indicated service performance increased with the mental training practice, with more services performed correctly and less mistakes at the end of the intervention process. The mistakes dimished significantly from the baseline to the final of the intervention process and from the start of the intervention process to its final.

Author Biographies

José Maria Montiel, Centro Universitário FIEO

PhD in Psychological Assessment in the Context of Mental Health at Universidade São Francisco. Professor at Centro Universitário FIEO - UNIFIEO / SP

Daniel Bartholomeu, Centro Universitário Salesiano de Americana

PhD in Psychological Assessment in the Context of Mental Health at Universidade São Francisco. Professor at the Centro Universitário Salesiano de Americana

Heitor Francisco Pinto Cozza, Centro Universitário Anhanguera de Santo André

PhD in Psychology (Psychological Assessment in Mental Health Contexts) from Universidade São Francisco. Professor at UniA, Centro Universitário Anhanguera de Santo André

Afonso Antonio Machado, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio Mesquita"

PhD in Education, UNICAMP. Post-doctorate by the Faculty of Lisbon and the University of Minho. Professor at the Biosciences Institute, UNESP - Rio Claro. Adjunct professor at UNESP / Rio Claro.

Juliana Francisca Cecato, Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí

Master's degree in Health Sciences from the Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí

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Published

2013-05-08

How to Cite

Montiel, J. M., Bartholomeu, D., Cozza, H. F. P., Machado, A. A., & Cecato, J. F. (2013). Assessment of mental training in improving performance serve in volleyball. Estudos Interdisciplinares Em Psicologia, 4(1), 46–63. https://doi.org/10.5433/2236-6407.2013v4n1p46

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