The comparison of psychological skills of Elite and non-Elite Karate ka and its relation with athletes’ performance

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The purpose of this study was to compare psychological skills of Elite and non-Elite Karate ka and its relation with athletes performance. The statistical population consist of all male karate ka(Young weight(-60,-67,-80 and -55) and Adult weight(-60,-74 and+84) athletes in “Gogoryo” style for selection of Iranian national team(n=85). The Elite population of this study included all the male karate ka that win Gold, Silver and Bronze medals (n=22) and non-Elite group (n=45) consist of another karate ka. South Australian Sport Institute Test (SASI Psych) and lane performance Inventory were used in order to compare subjects' psychological skills. After use of K_S, the results of descriptive statistic, t Test and Pearson coefficients showed significant difference between the two groups in Motivation, concentration, controlling psychological level, imagery and confidence variables (P

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