ABSTRACT
The study examined the effect of augmenting physical skills practice (PSP) with psychological
skills training (PST) for performance enhancement in sports among International School
Students, Lagos. Forty (40) participants consisting of early adolescent boys and girls were
randomly selected from a population of three hundred and fifty (350) students and were
randomly put into two groups – one experimental and one control group.
The Johnson and Leillich Basketball test in Mathews (1978) was adapted for the study. A pilot
study was carried out with twenty (20) participants in two groups, one experimental and one
control before the main study and this was used to validate the research instrument through the
assistance of two supervisors in 2007/2008 session. The research design used for the study was
the pretest, post test control group experimental design.
The participants in the experimental group (EG) were trained in physical skills practice (PSP) of
basketball shooting methods augmented with psychological skills training (PST) constructs of
mental imagery and mental practice while those in the control group (CG) were trained in
physical skills practice (PSP) of basketball shooting skill methods alone. The participants were
trained and tested in different basketball shooting skill methods – set shot (SS), jump shot (JS),
overhead shot (OS) and lay up shot (LU). For the training, two standard basketball courts, twenty
standard basketballs, score sheets, a stop watch and two research assistants trained by the
researcher assisted.
During the tests (pretests and post tests), ten (10) standard basketballs and score sheets were used
for each test. Two research assistants trained by the researcher assisted the researcher to collect
data for analysis. The data generated from the study were analysed using the descriptive
statistical tools of measures of central tendency – the mean and measure of dispersion – standard
deviation. The t-test inferential statistics were used to find out if there were significant
differences between the pre-tests and post tests of the performances of the participants in the
same group and also if there were significant differences in the experimental and control group at
the post tests.
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ALE‟TILE, SEMIDARA . "Augmenting Physical Skills Practice With Psychological Skills Training For Performance Enhancement In Sports Among International School Students, Lagos" Afribary (2021). Accessed August 10, 2022. https://afribary.com/works/augmenting-physical-skills-practice-with-psychological-skills-training-for-performance-enhancement-in-sports-among-international-school-students-lagos