Fuerza mental en el tenis de alta competición: Perspectiva de entrenadores y atletas de Ecuador y de Portugal

• Autor(a) principal: Alvaro Jose Jaramillo Tapia
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/140040
• topic: Ciências da educação; Educational sciences

Athlete to endure in the sport and achieve the goals in the performance, require to be stable, persistent and mentally tough individuals, facing and overcoming any obstacle that comes their way. The main aim of this research project is to identify the importance of mental toughness from the perspective of coaches and high-elite tennis players from Ecuador and Portugal. Thus, the investigation included 6 elite tennis coaches (3 from Ecuador and 3 from Portugal) and 265 athletes (127 from Ecuador and 138 from Portugal), who provided information that contributed the study. This research had a mixed approach, that is, the study variable was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. In this way, for the qualitative approach semi-structured interviews were conducted with the coaches and we analyzed the data by the content analysis method. While for the quantitative approach psychological questionnaires were applied to the athletes, being in this case used the Athletes Engagement Questionnaire and Mental Toughness Index. The results analyzed reveal that coaches from both countries had similar opinions and identified the mental toughness as the capacity that helps the athletes to face with and ultra-pass adverse situations, where through the personality, coping style and daily training will be reinforced. Similarly, the results obtained showed that Ecuadorian and Portuguese tennis players have high levels of mental toughness and sport engagement, which indicate that despite the difficulties they remain motivated, optimistic and dedicated. Finally, through the study carried out we were able to know the role and influence that mental toughness has in competitive sport, where despite the cultures that may exist between the two countries it is important to develop psychological programs that help train and reinforce this competence, which can contribute in the overall functioning of athletes.