Noisy condition and three-point shot performance in skilled basketball players: the limited effect of self-talk.

ABSTRACT: In modern basketball, the three-point shot plays an important tactical role. Basketball players often face the distraction from audience and opponents, necessitating psychological skill to maintain their performance. The study examined the effects of self-talk interventions on the three-point shot performance under quiet and noisy conditions. It involved 42 national second-level basketball players and used a 2 (Condition: quiet condition, noisy condition) × 3 (Intervention: control group, motivational self-talk, instructional self-talk) mixed design to investigate the performance of the static and dynamic three-point shots tasks. The results revealed that the static three-point shot score was significantly lower in noisy condition compared to quiet condition (p = 0.016), while the m

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806114 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature