Psychological Characteristics of Athletes in Athletic Students Club Universitas Negeri Semarang

Abstract

Sport psychology influences behavior in sport activities. Psychological characteristics will show how the real athletes are. This study will provide a clear picture of the psychological characteristics that affect the performance of athletes in Athletics Student Club and can be used as a strategy to improve athletic psychology skills. The data were collected from 24 athletes of Athletics Student Club Universitas Negeri Semarang. Its consist of Athletic athlete from running athlete, jumping athlete, and throwing athlete. Sample is athletes of sprint, long jump, high jump, middle distance, long distance, shot put, javelin throw, and discus throw. The data were completed with Psychological Skill Inventory for Sport (PSIS-IR 5) questionare. This Questionare include psychological factors namely motivation, confidence, anxiety control, mental preparation, and concentration. In order to describe the data, the description with SPSS Software. The results revealed that characteristic psychologys of athletes of athletics are high in motivation, and some of them are low in concentration. Keywords— Athletics, Characteristics, Sport Psychology.