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- Title
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Mindfulness, Preshot Routine, and Basketball Free Throw Percentage.
- Authors
Gooding, Amy; Gardner, Frank L.
- Abstract
Seventeen (17) members of three NCAA Division I men's basketball teams completed measures of mindfulness and sport-related anxiety to examine the relationship between mindfulness, preshot routine, trait arousal, and basketball free throw shooting percentage. It was hypothesized that (a) mindfulness scores would predict game free throw shooting percentage, (b) practice free throw percentage (indicative of basic skill) would predict game free throw percentage, and (c) consistency in the length of prefree throw routine would predict game free throw percentage. Results indicate that levels of mindfulness significantly predict game free throw percentage and that practice free throw percentage also predicts game free throw percentage. Length and/or consistency of preshot routine were not predictive. Although not proposed as a hypothesis, a statistically significant relationship was also found between an athlete's year in school (which reflects competitive basketball experience) and game free throw percentage. Together, these results clearly suggest that the combination of mindfulness, skill (practice free throw percentage), and competitive experience (year in school) all contribute to the prediction of competitive free throw percentage and that these variables are more central to successful free throw percentage at this level of competition than length/consistency of one's preshot routine.
- Subjects
BASKETBALL players; AWARENESS; FREE throw (Basketball); BASKETBALL shooting; ANXIETY; SPORTS psychology; BASKETBALL teams; NATIONAL Collegiate Athletic Association; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 2009, Vol 3, Issue 4, p303
- ISSN
1932-9261
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/jcsp.3.4.303