Mental preparation strategies of elite modern pentathletes |
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| Authors: | Maurizio Bertollo Beatrice Saltarelli Claudio Robazza |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche di Base ed Applicate, Istituto Interuniversitario di Miologia, Facoltà di Scienze dell''Educazione Motoria, Università di Chieti, Italy;2. Scuola Superiore Internazionale di Scienze della Formazione, Venezia-Mestre, Università Pontificia Salesiana, Facoltà di Scienze dell''Educazione, Roma, Italy;3. Dipartimento di Scienze del Movimento Umano, Facoltà di Scienze dell''Educazione Motoria, Università di Chieti, Viale Abruzzo, 322, 66013 Chieti, Italy;1. Federation University Australia, Australia;2. Technical University of Munich, Germany;3. University of Vienna, Austria;4. University of Queensland, Australia;1. University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan;2. Bangor University, Bangor, UK;1. Charles University, Czech Republic;2. Sport Programme, School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, 42 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN, UK;3. West Virginia University, USA;1. Applied Sports, Technology, Exercise, and Medicine Research Centre, Swansea University, UK;2. Welsh Institute of Performance Science, Wales, UK;3. Cardiff School of Sport, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesThis study examined the repertoire of preparation strategies and coping responses that elite modern pentathletes display across pre-, during, and post-competition periods.MethodsSix women and eight men were interviewed using an in-depth, open-ended, and semi-structured approach. The qualitative data were then hierarchically content analysed.ResultsThe findings revealed that perseverance, consistency, and commitment during training were critical components of the athletes' preparation in the days preceding an event. The athletes also presented a range of mental and technical preparation strategies across the competitive phases. These included, among others, competition simulation, mental practice, goal setting, emotion control, behavioural routines, specific technical strategies, attentional strategies, reaction to mistakes, and post-competition self-assessment. In addition, athletes' negative expectations during competition emerged as potential threats to personal achievements and were associated with dysfunctional bodily symptoms related to emotions, attentional difficulties, and coping problems.ConclusionsThe practical implications of these findings are discussed focusing on individual differences in cognitive and emotional experiences, and pre-, during, and post-competition strategies. |
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