Investigation of taekwondo athlete's mental endurance

As a part of this research, it is aimed to investigate the mental endurance status in terms of some veriables of taekwando athletes who participated in Seniors Turkey Championship in Seniors category in 2017/2018 season. The research was a relational survey model and the data were obtained by survey method. The sample group of the study consisted of taekwando athletes who participated in Seniors Turkey Championship in Seniors category in 2017/2018 season. In the first part of the data collection tool was given to the statements that personal information, while in the second part Mental Endurance Inventory was used. Confidence, Control and Continuity 'sub-dimensions of Mental Endurance Inventory were examined. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 package program. Frequency and percentage calculations were performed to determine demographic information. The level of statistical significance was accepted as (p <0.05). At the end of the research and according to the data that we obtained; while there is no significant difference Confidence, Control, Continuity eni sub-dimensions of Mental Endurance Inventory of athletes in terms of age, gender, year and work with trainer, For the participants' educational status variable, a significant difference was observed in the sub-dimension "Control" which is one of the sub-dimensions of Mental Endurance Inventory and in the "Continuity" sub-dimension which is one of the sub-dimensions of the Mental Endurance Inventory (p <0.05). As a result, Taekwondo athletes' Mental Endurance score was found to be high as it is wnated. Our study, which shows that the performance of the athletes is important at the psychological level, is thought to be helpful in literature in similar studies.