An investigation of nutritional attitudes and sports nutrition knowledge levels in individual and team athletes

This research was conducted to compare the mental training levels of athletes interested in different ski disciplines. The research group consists of 297 (100 female, 197 male) volunteer athletes who are licensed and active in the ski branch (Alpine discipline, Cross-country skiing, Snowboarding, Biathlon, Ski Jumping). "Personal Information Form" was applied to the participants to determine the demographic information of the research group and "Mental Training Inventory in Sports" was applied to the participants to determine their mental training levels. SPSS statistical package program was used to analyze the data.Significance was accepted as p<0.05. According to the results obtained in the research; athletes; It was observed that there was no statistically significant difference between the gender, height, family income level, branch variable and the mental training scale total and mental basic skill, mental performance, interpersonal, self-talk and mental stimulation scale subscale score averages. It was observed that the mental training scale average scores of male athletes were higher than female athletes, and as the age level increased, the mental training score averages increased. In addition, it was determined that the mental training scale average scores of the participants increased as the sports years increased, and the mental training scale average scores of athletes with postgraduate education were higher than the athletes in other groups. It was observed that as the income level of the research group increased, the average mental training scores also increased positively. According to the branch status of the athletes in the research group, it was observed that the mental training levels of the athletes in the alpine discipline were at a better level than the athletes in the other ski disciplines. As a result, it was seen that the years of sports, education level, family income level, sports level and weekly training hours of the athletes in the research group affected their mental training levels. Keywords: Skiing, Training, Mentaltraining