Research on the Psychological Competitiveness of Young Tennis Athletes

Abstract

As teenagers are the future and dominant force of modern competitive sports, strengthening of study and cultivation of youth athletes is one of important measures for development of competitive sports. Paying attention to develop athletes’ good psychological control ability has already been one of important work in various sports, in China, training of athletes’ psychological ability is valued, and basically there are specialized psychological experts in various sport teams in charge of development of athletes’ psychological competitive ability. In the paper, youth tennis players are taken as example, and document literature method, psychological measurement method, expert interview method and mathematical statistical method are adopted to analyze and study anxiety characteristics and volitional quality of selected study objects, looking forward to provision of theoretical help and guidance on selection of Chinese youth tennis coaches and athletes as well as training of athletes’ psychological competitive ability, thus contributing to development of tennis sport in China.