The Mapping Knowledge Analysis Of Sports Psychological Training Research In China

The sports psychological training research in China began in the late 1970 s.After nearly four decades,it is developed from nothing to a complex knowledge hierarchy.In order to have a deep exploration,the author takes the data of 564 sports psychological training research papers,which were published in the core journals and CSSCI from 1980 to 2016,as the research object.Owing to the help of visualization software CiteSpaceⅤ,the author can make a mapping knowledge domain analysis on the corresponding aspects quantitatively and qualitatively,such as the research institutions,authors,evolution,and hotspot.The main purpose of this paper is to clarify the specific context,development and structure of this field so as to provide ideas,directions and reference for the future researches and to promote the development of sports psychological training research in a more rational and in-depth way.Research indicates:1.The cooperation of the author of sports psychological training in China is mainly a small group of cooperative mode,Cooperation between high-yield producers is relatively rare,while the cooperation of the authors is mainly between the same type of internal cooperation,with the cross-agency cooperation still remained,The cooperation across the different regions and organizations is an important trend of China’s sports psychological training research.The research institutions involved include: Wuhan Institute of Physical Education,Beijing Sports University,the Academy of science in General Administration of Sport.The main authors include Zhang Zhongqiu,Ding Xueqin,Zhang Liwei,Si Gangyan,Liu Shuhui and so on.2.China’s sports psychological training research,supported by the sport psychology,oriented by the athletes,focus on the competitive sports,in a practical and highly applicable way.Psychological status,psychological activity,psychological factors,psychological quality,psychological quality,psychological ability,volition quality,neural type,psychological stability and so on are researching around athletes,especially these excellent ones.The research is mainly applied in sports training in technical training,improvement of the level of tactical and sports technology,to ultimately achieve the purpose of improving athletic performance.Imagery training and relaxation training are the most studied methods of training.Mindfulness training and Chinese culture are the researching hotspots in recent years.3.China’s sports psychological training research has gone through four stages of development.The first stage(1980-1990): Learning craze stage.The second stage(1991-2000): Chinese stage.The third stage(2001-2009): China mature stage.The fourth stage(2010-2016): Chinese-style innovation stage.4.China’s sports psychological training research will continue to learn from the West and introduce new scientific research results.Meanwhile,it will set up further research of the traditional Chinese culture profoundly and deeply.The cooperation across the different regions and organizations would be a trend.