Abstract

MORAES, Daniel Souza Corrêa de  and  KNIJNIK, Jorge Dorfman. A qualitative study on the views of young tennis players from the tennis on the psychological preparation for competition. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2009, vol.11, n.2, pp. 97-113. ISSN 1516-3687.

The sport psychology has been emphasized more and more as fundamental for athlete’s performance. In Tennis this importance is increased due to the inherent difficulties to this sport, mainly those related to the emotional issues. Although this work had as objective to verify the importance of the coach in mental preparation of young tennis players’ category. It is because of the topic relevance of psychological support and the difficulties intrinsic to youth in transition to the professional stage and the coach. The guide has much to contribute in this direction. It was carry out interviews structured with 10 young players and were analyzed through Collective Subject Speech. According to reports players, verify that coach is highly important in training young tennis player and that mental aspect is decisive, however little has been done to improve tennis players’ psychological preparation.

Keywords : Sport psychology; Tennis; Competition; Coach; Young players.

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