Nivel de dominio de las habilidades psicológicas en jóvenes jugadores de tenis de mesa, bádminton y fútbol Godoy Izquierdo, Débora Vélez Toral, Mercedes Pradas de la Fuente, Francisco Youth sport Assessment Psychological skills Sports instruction Deporte juvenil Evaluación Habilidades psicológicas Parte de este estudio ha sido presentado en el IV Congreso Mundial de Deportes de Raqueta/IV World Congress of Science and Racket Sports (Madrid, septiembre de 2006). El objetivo general de este estudio fue establecer las habilidades psicológicas de deportistas de distintas categorías infantiles y juveniles de tenis de mesa, bádminton y fútbol de la misma edad/categoría, utilizando un instrumento diseñado específicamente para la evaluación psicológica en el deporte infantil-juvenil, y comparar el grado de dominio sobre éstas de ambos grupos en función de su nivel de experiencia con el deporte (años jugando y años compitiendo). The objective of this study was to establish the level of control over psychological skills possessed by young table tennis, badminton and football players in different categories of sports for young people and to study its possible association with their experience in sport and competition (years playing and years competing). 12 table tennis players from the beginners category (age: M= 11.09, sd= 1.38), 4 badminton players from the juniors category (age: M= 16.25, sd= 0.5) and 25 football players, 13 from the beginners category (age: M= 11.31, sd= 0.48) and 12 from the juniors category (age: M= 17.00, sd= 0.85), all of whom belong to sports federations, participated in this study. The participants answered the Questionnaire on Psychological Skills and Behaviours in Young Children's Sport Competitions Scale (Godoy-Izquierdo et al., 2006 a, b). Young athletes' level of control over psychological skills is generally deficient, and no significant differences were found between racquet-sport athletes and football players, although significant differences in some psychological skills did exist in the case of lower-ranking categories. No significant differences were found as regards experience with sport and competition. The results indicate the appropriateness of considering psychological training so as to complete players' preparation in order to improve the psychological skills that allow them to adequately tackle the increasing demands of participating in a sport as their level of involvement progresses in both individual and group sports. 2014-09-22T10:37:58Z 2014-09-22T10:37:58Z 2009 journal article Godoy-Izquierdo, D.; Vélez, M.; Pradas, F. Nivel de dominio de las habilidades psicológicas en jóvenes jugadores de tenis de mesa, bádminton y fútbol. Revista de Psicología del Deporte, 18(1): 7-22 (2009). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/33122] 1132-239X 1988-5636 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/33122 spa http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ open access Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License Universidad de las Islas Baleares