Open AccessEffect of Self-Talk on Male Intervarsity Volleyball Players' Performance
Author(s) -
Yasmeen Tabassum,
Hurria Hussein,
Iqra Khadim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global sociological review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-3586
pISSN - 2708-2091
DOI - 10.31703/gsr.2021(vi-i).09
Subject(s) - psychology , feeling , athletes , competition (biology) , social psychology , medicine , ecology , biology , physical therapy
Self-talk is the process by which an individual may guide him/herself to accomplish a goal. Positive self-talk relates to the ability to overcome negative thinking. Those who practice positive self-talk are more likely not to suffer from negative thoughts. The present study aimed to examine the effect of self-talk on intervarsity male volleyball players' performance. For this purpose, we selected n=84 players with an age range between 18-25 (mean age =23.7±2.05) from all Pakistan Volleyball intervarsity competitions 2019-2020. The study of results convinced that the majority of athletes strongly agreed that positive self-talk had a significant optimistic effect on their performances and reduced negative feelings and emotions before and during competition. It has been exhibited that self-talk increments in recurrence as the event progresses to be more challenging or competitive.