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Journal of Physical Education and Sport

2014; University of Pitești; Linguagem: Inglês

10.7752/jpes.2013.03061

2247-806X

Physical Education and Pedagogy

PurposeThis research has the purpose to present a study to highlight the psychic sport adaptability skills of the female volleyball players of the C.S. ŞtiinŃa Bacău volleyball team which has played in the national championship and won the both the Romanian Champion title and the Romanian Cup. Materials and methodsThe paper is an ascertained study performed on 12 volleyball players with an age between 23 and 38.This study was conducted in May 2013 and on this occasion we verified the hypothesis according to which the psychic sport adaptability skills of the players from the C.S. ŞtiinŃa Bacău volleyball team have high values, which influence the competitional results.In order to assess the sport adaptability skills, the assessment was made by filling in the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory (ACSI-28) Test, created by Smith, Schutz, Smoll and Ptacek (in 1995).During the research we used the following methods: documentation, observation, testing, statisticalmathematical method (Excel 2003) and analytical method. ResultsThe results are summarized on the 7 skills, processed and analysed based on the following: arithmetic mean, standard deviation, maximum and minimum values and highlight the skills which allow the players' adaptability to the volleyball characteristics. ConclusionsThe analysis of the results recorded after the 12 volleyball players completed the ACSI-28 Test emphasized the fact that psychic sport adaptability skills of players from the C.S. ŞtiinŃa Bacău volleyball team have high values which confirmed our hypothesis.The study emphasized that the players recorded higher average values for selfconfidence and motivation for achievement (11.00 points) and goalsetting and mental training (10.50 points).The lowest value mean of the skills was recorded at obedience during training and competitions with 7.33 points.The 12 sportswomen accumulated individual scores between 47 and 76 points, which underlines the necessity not to disregard every player's psychological features, desires, ideals, preferences and individual characteristics.