How healthy do young athletes feel? Health-related self-evaluation in competitive sports
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© German Research Centre of Elite Sport 2010 1 HOW HEALTHY DO YOUNG ATHLETES FEEL? HEALTHRELATED SELF EVALUATION IN COMPETITIVE SPORTS. Jens Kleinert 1 , Martin Boss 1 , Simone Breuer 1 1 Institute of Psychology, German Sports University Cologne Abstract The subjective health perception of competitive athletes stands in close relation to their level of performance. Therefore a realistic self‐evaluation is of particular importance to optimize training and performance variables. Within a multidisciplinary physical and psychological heath examination 341 youth athletes were questioned about their well‐being and health behavior. Every tenth athlete was found to be physically or mentally impaired in some respects. Problems in regard to health behavior were stated by every seventh and difficulties sleeping by every second athlete. Three quarters wanted to improve their health condition and females felt generally worse than males. The main result of this study is that many young athletes perceive health impairments. Therefore, Coaches and advisors should detect these and similar variables in order to consider their implications during training and coaching situations. Keywords: competitive sports, stress, regeneration, well‐being Contact: kleinert@dshs‐koeln.de
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The subjective health perception of competitive athletes stands in close relation to their level of performance. Therefore a realistic self‐evaluation is of particular importance to optimize training and performance variables.
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© German Research Centre of Elite Sport 2010 1
HOW HEALTHY DO YOUNG ATHLETES FEEL? HEALTHRELATED SELFEVALUATION IN COMPETITIVE SPORTS.
Jens Kleinert1, Martin Boss1, Simone Breuer1 1 Institute of Psychology, German Sports University Cologne
Abstract
The subjective health perception of competitive athletes stands in close relation to their level of performance. Therefore a realistic self‐evaluation is of particular importance to optimize training and performance variables.
Within a multidisciplinary physical and psychological heath examination 341 youth athletes were questioned about their well‐being and health behavior. Every tenth athlete was found to be physically or mentally impaired in some respects. Problems in regard to health behavior were stated by every seventh and difficulties sleeping by every second athlete. Three quarters wanted to improve their health condition and females felt generally worse than males.
The main result of this study is that many young athletes perceive health impairments. Therefore, Coaches and advisors should detect these and similar variables in order to consider their implications during training and coaching situations.
Keywords: competitive sports, stress, regeneration, well‐being Contact: kleinert@dshs‐koeln.de
