Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
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Effects of Overt and Covert Motivational Self-talk on Performance and Perceived Exertion Rate of Wrestlers in Progressive Exhaustion Exercise

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Authors

Mohammad Sadegh Afroozeh 1
Hasan Mohammadzadeh Jahatloo 2
Mostafa Edrisi Kolur 3
Ali Afroozeh 4

1 Ph.D.Student Kharazmi University

2 Ph.D. Urmia University

3 M.Sc.Urmia University.

4 B.A.Student Shahid Beheshti University

https://doi.org/10.22059/jmlm.2014.50460
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of overt and covert motivational
self-talk on perceived exertion and performance in a progressive exercise until
exhaustion in wrestlers. The population consisted of wrestlers in Urmia and 15
volunteer subjects were selected. This study was performed in three sessions with a
one-week interval. The first session was held without self–talk while the second and
third sessions were held covertly and overtly respectively. Bruce aerobic exercise
test was used in this study as well. The time to exhaustion was considered as
performance. Burg scale was used every 3 minutes in order to measure subjects'
exhaustion. To analyze the data, ANOVA with repeated measures and TUKEY post
hoc test was used. The results showed that only covert self-talk had a significant
effect on subjects’ performance (P=0.002). Also, overt motivational self-talk
(P=0.001) significantly decreased the subjects' perceived exertion rather than
covert self–talk. There was no significant difference between covert self-talk and
without self–talk (P=0.121). In conclusion, overt motivational self-talk decreased
the perceived exertion of the subjects in the progressive exercise until exhaustion
while covert motivational self-talk improved subjects’ endurance.

Keywords

Covert Self-Talk
motivational self-talk
Overt Self-Talk
progressive exercise
wrestlers
Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
Summer 2014
Pages 245-257

  • Receive Date 28 April 2013
  • Revise Date 10 June 2014
  • Accept Date 12 October 2013

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