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• Hardy, James
• Hall, Craig R.

Numerous variables have been shown to influence the use of athlete self-talk. Onevariable that has received limited consideration, however, is the coach. Therefore, the presentstudy examined coaches' promotion of athlete self-talk. One hundred and two female team sportathletes completed the Self-Talk Use Questionnaire; a self-report questionnaire assessing athletes'use of self-talk. They also responded to questions focused strictly on their coaches' promotion ofself-talk. It was found that the majority of athletes reported that their coaches had encouraged theuse of self-talk. Moreover, the reasons why self-talk was promoted were similar to the reasons whyathletes report using self-talk. Neither the promotion of self-talk nor athletes' competitive levelimpacted on the frequency of athletes' self-talk. The importance of the effectiveness of self-talk wasdiscussed in relation to the aforementioned findings.

• Psychology
• Computer and information sciences

• Sports
• Behaviorism (Psychology)
• Statistics

coaches, self-talk, sport

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