o:30835 Efects of the Self-Talk strategy in mental training of athletes EFEKTI SELF-TALK STRATEGIJE U MENTALNOM TRENINGU SPORTISTA en Abstract: Before major sporting events athletes are usually very tense, which has a negative effect on their success, and even though they are " well prepared " they do not achieve the desired results in sports. It often happens that talented athletes do not succeed in their sports career despite the good conditions of work, talent, hard work and professional work of their coaches. Conversation with oneself (self -talk) is defined differently by different researchers, and therefore there is no single unified definition that would be available to us. It is defined as something '' that people say to themselves out loud, or it can be defined as a small voice in their own heads'' Research on this topic shows that successful athletes use more often positive self -talk in comparison to the less successful athletes. Based on previous research, it can be concluded that self -talk is usually treated as an integral part of a comprehensive mental training , i.e. that in practice it was very often used in combination with other psychological strategies (e.g., imagery, relaxation , goal setting). In contrast, today we have a large number of empirical studies which have provided evidence on the effectiveness of the independent self -talk technique in various sports disciplines. Thus, there is a decent number of studies that confirm the positive effects of self - talk, and relate to improving athletic performance, improvement of self-confidence, as well as reducing anxiety in different kinds of sports, including tennis, football, golf, swimming, basketball, ice hockey and athletics. Sažetak: Istraživanja i svakodnevna sportska praksa pokazuju da su psihološke veštine faktor od kojih u najvećoj meri zavisi hoće li sportista iskoristiti svoj potencijal. Pred značajne sporske događaje sportisti su, najčešće, vrlo napeti, što negativno deluje na njihov uspeh, pa iako su dobro „pripremljeni“ ne postižu željene sportske rezultate. Razgovor sa samim sobom ( self-talk) je različito definisan kod različitih istraživača, te samim tim ne postoji jedinstvena definicija koja bi nam bila na raspolaganju. On je definisan kao ''ono što ljudi kažu samome sebi bilo naglas, bilo u vidu malog glasa u njihovoj glavi.'' Istraživanja na ovu temu pokazuju da uspešniji sportisti koriste više pozitivnog self-talk-a u poređenju sa manje uspešnima. Na osnovu dosadašnjih istraživanja može se zaključiti da se self-talk obično tretirao kao integralni deo celokupnog mentalnog treninga, tj. da se u praksi vrlo često koristio u kombinaciji sa ostalim psihološkim strategijama (npr. imaginacija, relaksacija, postavljanje ciljeva). Nasuprot tome, danas imamo nemali broj empirijskih istraživanja koja su obezbedila dokaze o efikasnosti nezavisne self-talk tehnike u različitim sportskim disciplinama. Dakle, postoji pristojan broj studija koje potvrđuju pozitivne efekte self-talk-a, a odnose se na poboljšanje performansi sportista, poboljšanje samopouzdanja, kao i smanjenje anksioznosti u različitim vrstama sporta, uključujući tenis, fudbal, golf, plivanje, košarku, hokej na ledu i atletiku. Keywords : mental training, self-talk, athletes. Ključne reči: mentalni trening, samogovor, sportisti. 1552101 1451-740X 2023-09-18T11:54:31.663Z 44 no 46 Izet Kahrović Državni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru 0000-0001-6291-0956 Oliver Radenković Državni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru person 0000-0001-8165-1590 Fahrudin Mavrić Državni univerziet u Novom Pazaru person Benin Murić Državni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru person 0000-0002-1808-3110 application/pdf 318361 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:30835 no yes 18 70 92000002 20A01 FACTA UNIVERSITATIS, Series: Physical Education and Sport 12 1 51 58 2014