TITLE:
The Relationship between Athletic Abilities of Japanese High School Soccer Players and Their Psychological Skills in Both Athletic Club and School Life Settings
AUTHORS:
Kohei Ueno
KEYWORDS:
Life Skills, Psychological Skills, Athletic Clubs, Soccer, Positive Youth Development
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.4 No.2,
May
5,
2014
ABSTRACT: To examine the
relationship between students’ athletic ability and their psychological skills
in the athletic club and the school life setting, 99 players from high school
soccer teams were administered with the Psychological Skills Inventory for
Athletic Clubs and the Psychological Skills Inventory for School Life. Five
coaches of the soccer teams evaluated the players’ athletic ability, using the
Technique, Intelligence and Insight, Personality, and Speed (TIPS) evaluation
framework. Structural equation modeling was conducted to test a series of
structural models. Psychological skills in the school life setting have a
direct effect on athletic ability. In addition, psychological skills in an
athletic club setting have an indirect effect on athletic ability through
psychological skills in the school life setting. In conclusion, the coach’s
belief that players who have life skills and can control their daily life must
have a high athletic ability was not wrong.