Effect of quality sleep on basketball three-point shooting outcomes: the mediating role of athletic mental energy in a cross-sectional study of collegiate athletes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Quality sleep is crucial for optimal sports performance, yet the psychological mechanisms underpinning the sleep-sports performance relationship require further examination.

Methods

This cross-sectional study explored the effects of athletic mental energy (AME) and sleep quality on basketball three-point shooting outcomes with a particular emphasis on the mediating role of AME. One hundred and forty-five collegiate basketball athletes (71 males and 74 females; M _age = 19.62 ± 1.35) with highly trained levels were recruited to evaluate sleep quality, AME, and basketball three-point shooting performance and percentage. Data were collected through validated questionnaires and a standardized three-point shooting test, and analyzed using structural

SUBMITTER: Chan SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12640129 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature