A research about mental training and mental skills usage level of the athletes who has interest with team sports on the elite level in İstanbul

A RESEARCH ABOUT MENTAL TRAINING AND MENTAL SKILLS USAGELEVEL OF THE ATHLETES WHO HAS INTEREST WITH TEAM SPORTS ONTHE ELITE LEVEL IN ISTANBULTOLGA Ş NOFOROĞLUABSTRACTThe aim of this study is to evaluate by investigating the mental training levels andtechnics of the athletes who has trainings on the elite level in stanbul.The research is in scanning model. The existing information about the reseach issuewas gathered by scanning documentation and in this way theoretical window was formedabout the subject. Also, a questionnaire was applied about the research and with the dataobtained from this questionnaire, a solution was searched for the problem.The universe of the survey is composed of the athletes who competes in the elite level(1st and 2nd league) at football, basketball and volleyball branches in stanbul in 2004-2005season. The example of the survey is composed of randomly choosed 139 athletes at footballbranch, 132 athletes at basketball branch and 64 athletes at volleyball branch.In order to evaluate the data obtained, frequency and percentages were calculatedandafterwards searched for meaningful differences between opinions of the athletes and thevariable factors. The results were taken under evaluation after examining the data with CrossTabulation and One Way Variance Analysis (ANOVA).In consequene of the findings obtained from the reseach; in point of demographiccharacteristics , most of the athletes were found to be at the level of high school graduationand aged between 18-23. Voleyball players; from the point of view of branch and imagineryskills (P<0,05); branch and mental preparation (P<0,05), branch and anxiety and worrymanagement (P<0,05), branch and mental training attitude and experiences (pre-contemplation and action) (P<0,05); football players; from the point of view of branch andrelaxation (P<0.05), basketball players; from the point of view branch and mental trainingattitude and experiences (maintenance) (P<0,05) found at higher level than the otherbranches. According to these results; trainers and coaches, mental consultants and mentorworkings is a needing for developing mental skills.