Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
The purpose of this study was found the relationship between reinvestment and sport performance under pressure. 24 high school students were asked to complete The Movement Specific Reinvestment Scale (MSRS) and according the score of this scale, they sat in two high (A) and low (B) reinvestors. After performing topspin in 300 trials in acquisition phase without receiving instruction (discovery learning), immediate retention and transfer test under psychological pressure. After transfer test, verbal protocol and The Competitive State Anxiety Inventory for Adult (CSAI-A) was completed by participants before session 3 and after transfer test. Mixed ANOVA (2×3) with repeated measure on latest factor, Independent samples and paired-Samples T test, and one way ANOVA was used for data analyzing. Result shows no differences between group's performance acquisition phase and immediate retention whereas performance progress was observed in groups. The result of dependent t-test in transfer phase revealed group (B) had a better performance. Moreover the result of dependent t-test showed, against group (B), group (A) had performance breakdown in transfer test as compared with immediate retention test. The amount of verbal rules reported by group (A) in verbal protocol was more than group (B).The result of independent t-test according to two State-Trait Inventory State Scales, showed efficiency of stress intervention. Moreover there were significant correlation between the amount of reported conscious reinvestment and two factors of the number of verbal rules and performance under pressure in both groups. Result showed that there vas correlation between Movement Specific Reinvestment Questionnaire (MSRQ) and performance breakdown under pressure and it’s appear that explicit rules reinvestment was responsible of performance breakdown under psychological pressure.
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