Journal of Sport Behavior articles from March 2004

Journal of Sport Behavior archives from March 2004

Preferred leadership of NCAA Division I and II intercollegiate student-athletes.
March 1, 2004... What type of leadership behaviors do student-athletes prefer from their coaches? Do the characteristics of gender, competition level, or type of sport influence student-athlete behavior preferences? While these or similar questions are...

Mood and performance relationships in wakeboarding.
March 1, 2004... It is commonly believed that psychological variables such as mood influence sport performance. Wakeboarding is a water skiing discipline comprising a pre-planned skill based routine lasting approximately 3 minutes. Quality of performance is...

The relative age effect among elite American youth soccer players.
March 1, 2004... Children are frequently grouped by age for school or sport activities in order to control for the effects of intellectual and physical development. However, even when groupings are limited to 1 -year categories, developmental differences can be...

Coping with performance worries among youth male cricket players.
March 1, 2004... The manner in which children cope with stressors is an important factor that influences adaptive patterns of growth and development (Compas, 1987). One social arena where children may experience psychosocial stress is via participation in...

A qualitative analysis of the types of goals athletes set in training and competition.
March 1, 2004... Studies have shown that athletes (e.g., youth, collegiate and Olympic level) report using goal setting to enhance their performance (Weinberg, Burke, & Jackson, 1997: Weinberg, Burton, Yukelson, & Weigand, 1993). Moreover, research has...

Coping style and susceptibility to choking.
March 1, 2004... Most athletes have experienced or can relate to choking under pressure in competitive sport. Some of the most experienced and talented athletes talk openly about choking. For example, tennis player Pete Sampras, the record holder for the most...

The Sport Grid-Revised as a measure of felt arousal and cognitive anxiety.
March 1, 2004... Research suggests that the interaction between increased arousal and accompanying psychological mood have a combined effect upon behavior and performance (Edwards & Hardy, 1996; Hardy, 1996b; Hardy & Parfitt, 1991; Janelle, Singer, & Williams,...