- 著者
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日比 千里
青柳 健隆
荒井 弘和
守屋 志保
岡 浩一朗
- 出版者
- 日本スポーツ産業学会
- 雑誌
- スポーツ産業学研究 (ISSN:13430688)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.25, no.1, pp.1_11-1_24, 2015
In competitive sports, the enhancing of physical abilities, technical skills, and psychological states is vital for excelling in competition. A team’ s psychological wellbeing is often the deciding factor in team sport success. Nevertheless, few efficient strategies have been made for boosting teams’ psychological states, particularly during matches. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate practitioners’ perceptions of <I>Enjin</I> (forming a circle) strategies used to enhance a team’ s psychological acuity during matches. In addition, motivations to initiate <I>Enjin</I> strategies, content, and changes observed after implementing these strategies were emphasized. The study was conducted following three steps. First, a women’ s collegiate basketball team’ s <I>Enjin</I> strategies were observed and recorded during an official match. Second, a team coach and four players were interviewed concerning these strategies, after viewing a recording of the match. The participants were requested to provide (1) motivations to implement <I>Enjin</I> strategies; (2) <I>Enjin</I> content; and (3) changes experienced after implementing <I>Enjin</I> strategies. Third, the study results were analyzed following the KJ method. The analysis revealed seven motivations, including “routine,” “desire to enhance team cohesion,” and “foul play.” In addition, four types of <I>Enjin</I> content were identified, including “encouragement,” “information on tactics,” “apologizing,” and “battle cries.” Subsequently, eleven changes, including “enhanced team cohesion” , “shared perspectives among team members,” and “improved excitement levels,” were identified. It was inferred that <I>Enjin</I> strategies enhanced the teams’ psychological states, based on these results. However, additional studies involving several teams, games, events, and genders are required to complement these results.