Mental Toughness Development

Wall, Tony; Strycharczyk, Doug; Clough, Peter

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69627-0_20-1

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“…characteristics of mentally tough athletes, features that represent a lack of MT), the coaches had little confidence in their understanding of MT, and there was high variability in the responses of many of the Phase 1 items that addressed the definition/characteristics of MT. Taken together, these findings demonstrate the conceptual imprecision that has been an ongoing issue in the MT literature in sport both in general (see Gucciardi & Hanton, 2016) and in the MT research involving US coaches (Wall et al, 2020) and US collegiate strength coaches (Stamatis et al, 2018).…”

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Conceptualizing, measuring, and training mental toughness in sport: Perspectives of master strength and conditioning coaches

Stamatis

Morgan

Cowden

et al. 2021

Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education

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Coaches are key stakeholders involved in creating a climate in which athletes' mental toughness (MT) can be developed. Although Master Strength and Conditioning Coaches (MSCC) spend a substantial amount of time working with US collegiate athletes, no studies have investigated this elite group of professionals' opinions about MT. Using a multiphase mixed-method design (Phase 1, N = 71; Phase 2, N = 28), this study explored MSCCs' perspectives on the conceptualization, measurement, and training of MT. MSCCs value MT highly and believe that it plays an important role in competitive sports. However, a majority of the participants were uncertain about what constitutes MT. Although MSCCs primarily used anecdotally-based physical protocols to develop athletes' MT, they rarely assessed the effectiveness of those training approaches using psychometrically-sound instruments. MSCCs highlighted the need to prioritize evidence-based MT training protocols. Resources are required to educate MSCCs and support their work on MT development.

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“…Levy et al, 2006). The former is related to the global view of MT and its applicability in a variety of demanding and stressful environments (Wall et al, 2020). The latter may be linked to a "no pain, no gain" mentality, which reflects the hypermasculine environments that are often linked to MT (see Tibbert et al, 2015).…”

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Conceptualizing, measuring, and training mental toughness in sport: Perspectives of master strength and conditioning coaches

Stamatis

Morgan

Cowden

et al. 2021

Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education

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“…Within the sports context, mental toughness is the ability to deal effectively with training and competition demands and stay in control (Liew et al., 2019). An important facet of mental toughness is its malleable and plastic feature which allows it to be developed through diverse interventions, such as positive thinking, anxiety control, attentional control, visualisation, goal setting and self‐awareness (Wall et al., 2019). This malleable facet aligns with results from our interviews and survey where all coaches agreed that mental toughness should be trained; however, they disagreed on the methods for training it.…”

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“…This can help the runners recall the emotions or sensations from their body caused by the training. The mental part includes mental toughness assessment which monitors commitment and challenge, and components of the 4C's model of mental toughness (Wall et al., 2019), along with the perceived fatigue through subjective data acquired with a smartphone or smartwatch.…”

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Beyond hard workout: A multimodal framework for personalised running training with immersive technologies

Cardenas Hernandez,

Schneider,

Di Mitri

et al. 2024

Brit J Educational Tech

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Training to run is not straightforward since without proper personalised supervision and planning, people will not improve their performance and will increase the risk of injuries. This study aims to identify the different factors that influence running training programmes, examining the benefits, challenges or limitations of personalised plans. Moreover, this study explores how multimodal, immersive and artificial intelligence technologies can support personalised training. We conducted an exploratory sequential mixed research consisting of interviews with 11 running coaches from different countries and a survey of 12 running coaches. Based on the interviews and survey analysis, we identified and extracted relevant factors of the training process. We identified four relevant aspects for running training: physical, technical, mental and body awareness. Using these aspects as a reference, we derived a framework using a bottom‐up approach. This framework proposes multimodal, immersive and artificial intelligence technologies to facilitate personalised running training. It also allows coaches to personally guide their athletes on each aspect. Practitioner notesWhat is already known about this topic Running is a popular sport that provides health benefits and is practised by many people around the world. Training is a process that enables athletes to improve their development in various aspects of their sport; in the case of running, it helps them to increase their speed and endurance. Personalised training supports the needs and abilities of athletes, by helping them to achieve their potential through individualised activities or programmes. Sports science research indicates that personalised training can be improved by applying technology to tackle its challenges and limitations. What this paper adds We show that personalising the training requires not only focusing on the runners' physical condition but also on their mental, technical and body awareness aspects, where each of them has a different adaptation to training. We show that multimodal and immersive technologies offer suitable and portable ways to measure and target the mental and body awareness aspects during running training. Implications for practice and/or policy This paper presents a list of factors, measures and devices that coaches can use to plan and design their training sessions in a more personalised manner. This study can serve as a foundation for future research that aims to identify and target the various factors that influence the learning and training of sports.

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Mental Toughness Development

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Conceptualizing, measuring, and training mental toughness in sport: Perspectives of master strength and conditioning coaches

Conceptualizing, measuring, and training mental toughness in sport: Perspectives of master strength and conditioning coaches

Beyond hard workout: A multimodal framework for personalised running training with immersive technologies

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