Week 8

However, We can artificially alter the result of sports game. It is so-called Mental Skills Training For Sports. Mental Skills Training For Sports is mental training that make players best condition by controling their feeling or thinking for overcoming their stress in situation of extreme tension. It can be abstract name to ordinary people, but it is very sympathetic among players. For example, Park In Bee, who is a golfer known as best playrt, said mental training was one of the factor of the victory. Last putting can move big money. If players face that situation, they must be able to be nervous. At this moment, mental training shows its effectiveness.

Similarly, sports psychotherapy can be good example. Sports are required to concentrate for game because sports are enacted in strong tension. Therefore, players’ a mental state has a decisive effect on result of game and athletic performance. kim byung hun, degree of doctor, said “sports psychotherapy is one of study that make athlete best condition to demonstrate their ability at full bore”. When we see a sports game, we often hear that “How that player can make critical mistake in important situation? It is very regrettable. This mistake can’t be made by that extraordinary player...” There are many examples that players who do a good job usually make mistake. Because players can’t overcome their anxiety, their mental state is broken. This problem can be solved by sports psychotherapy. Think one sports player. At first, he begins his athlete's life like any other one. Soon, he showed very good play in his game. Thereafter, he becomes most famous player, and takes center stage. The problem start from this. Anxious feeling that he must show best play every his play or he always make best result will pressure him. Moreover, he think 'how do I if I make mistake which gives disappointment to my fan?'. Because of these factors, he will feel anxiety so that he worry about his scheduled game. Sports psychotherapy can remove this player's anxiety. Sports psychotherapy is removing anxiety and tension that player feel negative emotion in stadium and giving player's confidence a boost.

Moreover, kim byung hun did not miss that player’s sports cultures are changed largely. Urgency that player must win a gold medal is almost disappeared. Also, players enjoy their sports more than before days. “In 1970 and 1980, purpose of players and the persons concerned is only to win a gold medal. medal supreme principle is spread and people can feel pride by seeing this aspect. However, over the age is change, urgency for gold medal becomes rare. Instead, players can get pleasure even though they win a bronze medal. It is positive in psychological aspect.”