buddhism way of thought stopping to enhance performance in elite golfers

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Buddhism way of thought

stopping to enhance

performance in elite golfers

Tanaporn Panich

Sport Psychology, Burapha University

Advisor: Dr. Naruepon Vongjaturapat

Co-Advisor: Dr. Suebsai Boonveerabut


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Introduction:

Psychological factors are important for the outcomeof golf competition.

There are 2 factors required:

Fitness, skills and strategies

PST (Psychological skills training) such as pre-shot routine,

self-talk, imagery

Anxiety is another aspect that influences onperformance and continues to be one of the main

research interests for sport psychologists (Hanin,

2000).


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In Buddhism, breath control and

meditation has been practiced over 2,000yeas but very few mentioned about thought

stopping of how and what can be applied

in sport.

In this research, the thought stopping will

be employed as an intervention forparticipants.


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Literature review:

The review is about 2 important topics:

Thoughts and emotions from Cognitive Behavior

Therapy (CBT)

Buddhism way of thought stopping from

Visuddhimagga - Anapanasati


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Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

CBT is based on the concept that emotions and

behaviors result from cognitive processes.

Human beings may modify such processes to

achieve different ways of feeling and behaving.


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There are several key points of CBT that are

relevant to this research such as;

Seven inferential distortions

1. Black and white thinking

2. Filtering3. Over-generalization

4. Mind-reading

5. Fortune-telling

6. Emotional reasoning

7. Personalizing


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Buddhism way of thought stopping:Visuddhimagga - Anapanasati

In Buddhism, the primary goal is the pursuit of

the deepest possible knowledge of the human

capacity for growth, self-knowledge, and the

transformation of human behavior and

functioning.


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Five techniques for relaxing disruptive

thoughts;

1. Replacement

2. Reflection

3. Redirecting

4. Reconstructing

5. Resistance


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Methodology:

Participants are 16 elite golfers, both men and

women, who still play competitively. They will

be divided into 2 groups.

Experimental group, 8 golfers

Control group, 8 golfers

Purposive sampling


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Procedures:Phase Length of

training

Description Drills and measurement

1 1 hour Training course regarding

the thoughts and emotions

Training

2 30 mins:

1 day/week

How to breathe The next day, at practice course,

participants are to rate 3 most

difficult holes in their

perception. After finish

practice, they will be

interviewed by the researcher .

3 days break

3 30 mins:

1 day /week

How to detect the thoughts

while breathing

The same measurement as

phase 2..

3 days break


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Phase Length of

training

Description Drills and measurement

4 30 min:

1 day/week

Detect the different of each

thought. To stop the

unwanted ones then replace

with positive.


phase 2..

3 days break

5 30 mins:

1 day/week

Detect how the thoughts

start and emphasis on thespeed of replacing the

positive thoughts


phase 2..

3 days break

6 30 mins:

1 day /week

Repeat phase 5 in order to

reconfirm if the intervention

remains.


phase 2..

All process will take 24 consecutive days.


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Statistical Analysis:

Qualitative data are collected and analyzedfrom:

Semi-structured interviewof 8 participants (each

participant will be interviewed a total of 5 times)

The data triangulation is based on:

The speed of detecting the thoughts

The replacement of unwanted thoughts

Performance


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Statistical Analysis (Contd):

The consequences of negative and positive

thoughts towards performance

The effectiveness of thought stopping which

depends on speed and replacement.


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Sample of questions:

Explain those 3 holes, what shot do you think is

difficult?

When you play that particular shot, whats on

your mind?

How soon do you detect the unwanted thought

and the speed of replacement?

Are you able to focus on the replacement until

you finish that shot?


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Thank you for attention

Tanaporn Panich

buddhism way of thought stopping to enhance performance in elite golfers

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