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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.
The same measurement as
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
The same measurement as
phase 2..
3 days break
6 30 mins:
1 day /week
Repeat phase 5 in order to
reconfirm if the intervention
remains.
The same measurement as
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