期刊名称：Facta Universitatis : Series Physical Education and Sport
印刷版ISSN：1451-740X
出版年度：2014
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：51-58
语种：English
出版社：University of Niš
摘要：Before major sporting events athletes are usually very tense, which has a negative effect on their success, and even though they are " well prepared " they do not achieve the desired results in sports. It often happens that talented athletes do not succeed in their sports career despite the good conditions of work, talent, hard work and professional work of their coaches. Conversation with oneself (self -talk) is defined differently by different researchers, and therefore there is no single unified definition that would be available to us. It is defined as something '' that people say to themselves out loud, or it can be defined as a small voice in their own heads '' Research on this topic shows that successful athletes use more often positive self -talk in comparison to the less successful athletes. Based on previous research, it can be concluded that self -talk is usually treated as an integral part of a comprehensive mental training , i.e. . that in practice it was very often used in combination with other psychological strategies (e.g., imagery, relaxation , goal setting). In contrast, today we have a large number of empirical studies which have provided evidence on the effectiveness of the independent self -talk technique in various sports disciplines. Thus, there is a decent number of studies that confirm the positive effects of self - talk, and relate to improving athletic performance, improvement of self-confidence, as well as reducing anxiety in different kinds of sports, including tennis, football, golf, swimming, basketball, ice hockey and athletics.
