Performance tool for hockey goalies
Hyttinen, Hannu-Pekka (2018)
Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201805076946
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201805076946
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The thesis deals with the mental side of an ice-hockey goalie. The purpose of making this research is the figure out the meaning of mental skills for an ice-hockey goalie and also provide material for the coaches season-period research about the factors which influence an athlete. This reseach gives opinion and tools for everyday work with goalie or athlete at the side of mental skills.
The theoretical part of the thesis tells about mental toughness. The main factors in mental toughness are self-confidence, concentration, goal-setting and coping with stress and anxiety. Mental toughness builds up everything that we do or we not do. If an athlete is mentally tough, his self-belief will not change under different factors affecting. For high performance of the athlete the requirement is to have high self confidence. Self confi-dence affects to an athlete’s life in many sectors. Self confidence is also influenced by an athlete’s life. Goal-setting motivates an athlete to reach the success. Concentration and orientation of an athlete’s attention an part of human mental self regulation. Directing the concentration is very important factor. Athlete should be able to perform under stress he will have in different situations and many levels of life.
The empirical part of the thesis was made during the season 2011-2012. It was done about one ice-hockey goalie who was on the way to be a high level goalie. During the season there were 22 games which are discussed in the thesis. The research was made by interviewing the goalie before, during and after the games. The interviews were made with a performance tool. Performance tool was created to help coaches and goalies to notice the mental factors of the games.
During the research it became very clear that training the mental side of the game and getting results from it takes a lot of time. The season results raised by the time, there was a clear difference between the beginning and the end of the season. One reason for that was the improvement of deeper discussions between the coach and the goalie. Many times it can be noticed that a lack of clear goal-setting was one of the main factors to having mental problems during the games. Coping with pressure from outside was also difficult.
The theoretical part of the thesis tells about mental toughness. The main factors in mental toughness are self-confidence, concentration, goal-setting and coping with stress and anxiety. Mental toughness builds up everything that we do or we not do. If an athlete is mentally tough, his self-belief will not change under different factors affecting. For high performance of the athlete the requirement is to have high self confidence. Self confi-dence affects to an athlete’s life in many sectors. Self confidence is also influenced by an athlete’s life. Goal-setting motivates an athlete to reach the success. Concentration and orientation of an athlete’s attention an part of human mental self regulation. Directing the concentration is very important factor. Athlete should be able to perform under stress he will have in different situations and many levels of life.
The empirical part of the thesis was made during the season 2011-2012. It was done about one ice-hockey goalie who was on the way to be a high level goalie. During the season there were 22 games which are discussed in the thesis. The research was made by interviewing the goalie before, during and after the games. The interviews were made with a performance tool. Performance tool was created to help coaches and goalies to notice the mental factors of the games.
During the research it became very clear that training the mental side of the game and getting results from it takes a lot of time. The season results raised by the time, there was a clear difference between the beginning and the end of the season. One reason for that was the improvement of deeper discussions between the coach and the goalie. Many times it can be noticed that a lack of clear goal-setting was one of the main factors to having mental problems during the games. Coping with pressure from outside was also difficult.