The Effects of Self-Efficacy by Talk Skill Training in Basketball Shooting Free Throw

Abstract

Background and Aim: Self-efficacy refers to the individual's ability to judge, believe, or the subject's self-grasp and feeling of whether he or she can complete a certain activity at a certain level. In basketball, the belief that a player believes that a player can successfully make a 3-point shot in the game is a sign of self-efficacy. With the further improvement of competitive skills in China, sports psychology, self-confidence, self-efficacy, and speech have become competitive sports that cannot be ignored. The increasing focus is on the need for emotional management and psychological control. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of verbal training in improving basketball penalty self-efficacy and reducing anxiety.

Materials and Methods: In this study, male basketball players in grade 2022 from Jiuquan Vocational and Technical College were selected as study samples and divided into experimental and control groups by SPSS (T-Test, one-way analysis of variance). The experimental and control groups were played as individual shooters twice a week for 8 weeks. To ensure the authenticity, reliability, and integrity of the data, the data in this study were statistically analyzed by the SPSS (T-Test, one-way analysis of variance) method to determine the differences.

Results: This study shows that athletes trained in talking skills can effectively relieve physical and mental anxiety, and athletes who practice talking skills are more confident. There was no significant difference in penalty technique before training (p> 0.05), but after training (p <0.05). Self-speaking skill training can significantly improve athletes' confidence and reduce anxiety, thus improving their ability to shoot during the game.

Conclusion: The results show that by practicing effective self-talk skills, basketball players can significantly improve their confidence and reduce anxiety during the penalty process, thus improving the penalty performance. This finding provides a new practical approach to sports psychology and suggests that coaches and athletes should incorporate self-speaking skills in their daily training to improve competition performance.