paraso jebelli; Hadi Smkhani Akbarinejhad; Narges Pourtaleb
Abstract
One of the important factors affecting the performance of judo players is stress. Coaches and psychologists use psychological interventions to control stress. The aim of this study ...
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One of the important factors affecting the performance of judo players is stress. Coaches and psychologists use psychological interventions to control stress. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of mental imagery and actual technique implementation (Osotogari, Ogoshi and Tai Otoshi) on the perceived stress of female judokas. This research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this study was made up of female judokas in Tabriz, who were engaged in judo in 1401-1402. A total of 45 judo players from Ganjovian Club were selected by available sampling method and randomly divided into 3 groups. The members of both experimental groups received their intervention in 8 half-hour sessions, but the control group did not receive any training. The results of the research showed that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental groups, which means that both interventions are effective in reducing the perceived stress of female judo players, but the effect of none of the intervention methods is greater than the other. According to the results of this research, it seems that mental imagery and the actual implementation of the technique are effective in reducing the perceived stress of judo players.
