Entrenamiento psicológico y mejora de aspectos psicológicos relevantes para el rendimiento deportivo en jugadoras de fútbol

The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a psychological training program regarding the psychological characteristics relevant to sports performance intended for women’s football teams. The participants were 48 female football players from three teams of the Spanish second national division with a mean age of 21.15 ± 3.89 and a mean experience of 12.48 ± 4.12 years. The Questionnaire of Sports Performance-related Psychological Characteristics (QSPPC) was used, making measurements before and after intervention. The participants were assigned to a Control Group (CG), an Experimental Group 1 (EG1), and an Experimental Group 2 (EG2). The psychological training program consisted of 10 sessions. The results suggest that there are no statistically significant differences between the CG and GE1 groups in any of the QSPPC scales. The EG2 shows statistically significant differences in the Impact of Performance Evaluation scale and a trend to significance in the Stress Control (SC) scale of the questionnaire. It is concluded that the players who received the psychological intervention program (EG2) significantly improved their resources to better manage the evaluation of their performance.