golf ( Smith et al., 2000 ), causing a jerky motion and derailing putts ( Smith et al., 2003 ). The yips have also been reported in baseball ( Papineau, 2015 ), tennis ( Mayer et al., 1999 ), shooting ( Sitburana & Ondo, 2008 ), table tennis ( Le Floch et al., 2010 ), and cricket ( Bawden & Maynard
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Relationships Between Throwing Yips in Baseball, Experiential Avoidance, Cognitive Fusion, Values, and Social Factors
Kazuya Inoue, Tatsuto Yamada, and Tomu Ohtsuki
Patterns of Specialization in Professional Baseball Players
Richard D. Ginsburg, Steven R. Smith, Nicole Danforth, T. Atilla Ceranoglu, Stephen A. Durant, Hayley Kamin, Rebecca Babcock, Lucy Robin, and Bruce Masek
Two developmental pathways to sport excellence have been described: early specialization and early sampling (Côté, Lidor, & Hackfort, 2009). Despite a common assumption that early specialization (defined as playing one sport exclusively and intensely before age 12) is a necessary precursor to success at the collegiate or professional levels, research to support this assumption remains unclear. To add to this literature, the current study was a survey of 708 minor league professional baseball players on the ages at which they began to specialize in their sport. Results indicated that most players sampled a diversity of sports up through late adolescence. Only 25% of players specialized before the age of 12 and the mean age of specialization was 15 years. Furthermore, those who specialized later were more likely to receive college scholarships. Finally, we examined patterns of specialization as a function of athletes’ home climate and culture. At least in this sample of professional minor league baseball players, an early sampling pathway seems to have fortified success at both the collegiate and professional levels.
Experimental Manipulation of Psychological Momentum in Baseball Pitching: No Evidence for Short-Term Psychological Momentum in Baseball Throw Speeds
Jordan Golding, Aaron Johnson, and Andrew T. Sensenig
Psychological momentum in sports is a series of high or low human performances that seem to defy statistical randomness, and instead is often attributed to a positive feedback system in the athlete’s physiology and psyche. Quantitative approaches have found some evidence of psychological momentum. We measured the throw speeds and accuracy of adult males throwing baseballs while subjecting them to verbal criticism (positive or negative). Our study of short-term momentum suggested evidence of psychological momentum only in top-performing university baseball players, and not in the lower-performing players or in nonathletes.
The Prevalence of Mental Health Conditions Among High School and Collegiate Student-Athletes: A Systematic Review
James E. Kaishian and Regina M. Kaishian
respondents indicated having poor sleep. Both males and females with poor sleep indicated having higher levels of tension, depression, anger, fatigue, confusion, and total mood disturbance than those with good quality sleep. Bullock et al. ( 2020 ) Systematic review Review health problems in baseball players
The Relationship Between the Perceived Motivational Climate in Elite Collegiate Sport and Athlete Psychological Coping Skills
Mary D. Fry, Candace M. Hogue, Susumu Iwasaki, and Gloria B. Solomon
performance ( Crocker, Tamminen, & Gaudreau, 2015 ). To begin, Smith and Christensen ( 1995 ) found that the performance of position players in American Minor League Baseball was predicted by their confidence/achievement motivation. Similarly, the performance of pitchers was predicted by their reported
Athlete Resilience Trajectories Across Competitive Training: The Influence of Physical and Psychological Stress
Nikki E. Barczak-Scarboro, Emily Kroshus, Brett Pexa, Johna K. Register Mihalik, and J.D. DeFreese
sample of 61 American collegiate club athletes (31 males, 50.82% and 30 females, 49.18%) from five sports: women’s volleyball ( n = 19, 31.15%), men’s baseball ( n = 18, 29.51%), women’s cheer ( n = 11, 18.03%), men’s rowing ( n = 8, 13.11%), and men’s soccer ( n = 5, 8.20%). Age, race, and
Development and Preliminary Validation of a Sport-Specific Self-Report Measure of Identity Foreclosure
Britton W. Brewer, Christine M. Caldwell, Albert J. Petitpas, Judy L. Van Raalte, Miquel Pans, and Allen E. Cornelius
= 44), lacrosse ( n = 29), American football ( n = 24), swimming and diving ( n = 21), baseball ( n = 20), and basketball ( n = 20). Procedure Institutional review board (IRB) approval was obtained at the site from which the research was coordinated. The pool of items was then administered in
Exploring Early Sport Specialization: Associations With Psychosocial Outcomes
Shelby Waldron, J.D. DeFreese, Brian Pietrosimone, Johna Register-Mihalik, and Nikki Barczak
example, USA Baseball has developed a multi-stage long-term athlete development plan in order to improve the sport infrastructure and subsequently promote age-appropriate psychosocial and skill development, ensure player health and safety, and promote enjoyment and life-long baseball engagement ( USA
An Exploration of the Sources of Self-Efficacy Information in Athletic Injury Rehabilitation
Amber M. Shipherd, John E. Coumbe-Lilley, and Chelsea K. Duncan
, 2021 ). Thus, homogenous sampling was utilized to try to recruit participants who identified as male and had injuries described as severe. Participants ranged from 19 to 23 years of age and participated in baseball, basketball, football, and track and field. Participants experienced a variety of
Self-Reported Depression in Collegiate Athletes: The Effect of Privacy on Symptom Disclosure
Chloe M. Ouellet-Pizer, Sebastian Harenberg, Justine Vosloo, and Barbara B. Meyer
.2 Other/mixed heritage 14 11.3 GPA 2.0 or below 1 0.8 2.1 to 3.0 15 12.3 3.0 or above 106 86.9 Year First year 31 25.2 Sophomore 28 22.8 Junior 30 24.4 Senior 27 22.0 Fifth year 7 5.7 Sport Baseball 8 6.5 Basketball 8 6.5 Cross country 10 8.1 Field hockey 9 7.3 Golf 2 1.6 Ice hockey 13 10
