Preparing Athletes for Asian Games

1. Preparing Athletes for Asian Games Prof. Dr. Dieter Hackfort & Dr. Thomas Flock (Speaker) Doha, Qatar

2. TVC

3. Overview • ASPIRE – a brief introduction • Sport Science Approach • Bio-Science Support • Social Science Support • The holistic concept for ASPIRE student athletes

4. The Sports Academy is a visionary initiative from the State of Qatar. Background Our Vision Transform Athletes into Champions Build a stronger sports culture in Qatar

5. Objectives • To discover and develop sports talents • To achieve international excellence in sports performance • To provide an exceptional physical and educational environment • To offer the highest international standards of sport sciences and training support • To integrate sports into the life of the people of Qatar

6. Facilities • State-of-the-art training facilities abiding by international standards • The latest and highest standards of sport methodology, outstanding medical, biomechanical and social services • “Talent Identification Program”; constantly adapting to the progression in international ‘High-Performance Sports’ • The Dome, the largest indoor sports hall …

7. State of the Art Equipment Facilities • Biomechanical Labs (~ 1.000 sqm) • Movement Analysis • Digital Video Analysis • Power/Force Analysis • Mechanical Workshop/Sports Equ. • Electronical Workshop • Physiological Labs (~ 600 sqm) • - Performance Labs • - Altitude Labs • - Analysis Labs

8. The Dome Dome Animation

9. Overview • ASPIRE – a brief introduction • Sport Science Approach • Bio-Science Support • Social Science Support • The holistic concept for ASPIRE student athletes

10. Sport Science Approach Bio-Science Support Biomechanical Analyses

11. Sport Science Approach Bio-Science Support Physiological Diagnostics

12. Sport Science Approach Talent Identification Program 2004 • step: basic motor abilities • step: specific motor skills and mental attitudes • step: exercise and health status • step: February 8.000 kids, grade 6 and 7 • step: March/April 400 kids • step: May/June 90 kids - talents

13. Sport Science Approach Talent Identification Program 2005 • step: basic motor abilities • step: specific motor skills and mental attitudes • step: one week screening camp in ASPIRE • step: exercise and health status • step: February 2005 6.000 kids, grade 6 and 7 • incl. female students

14. Talent ID

15. Social Science Support Sport Science Approach Sport Psychology Cognition Emotion Motivation

16. training talent mind constitution social support equipment anatomy environment The importance of sport psychology “Wheel of success in sports“

17. training talent mind constitution social support equipment anatomy environmant The importance of sport psychology “Wheel of success in sports“

18. Mental Test and Training System at ASPIRE Sport Psychology Diagnostics • most advanced system in the world • unique configuration

19. General information VTS Sport Psychology Diagnostics peripheral devices

20. The HoTT-System (Hackfort) Sport Psychology HoTT = Holistic Test and Training System

21. Person abilities, interests Task physical, mental Environ- ment material, social The HoTT-System Sport Psychology training situation The training is situation-specific relating to the targeted person-task-environment configuration.

22. Specifications of MTS Sport Psychology performance tests personality tests questionnaires

23. Examples Sport Psychology Diagnostics • determining the range of attention • biological peripheral perception • stress-induced narrowing of perception • reaction time analysis • talent identification • intervention origin • analysis of individual stress tolerance • adaptive testing • origin for specific stress-coping interventions

24. Range of attention(Nideffer, 1978, 1992; Baumann, 2000) Sport Psychology broad long-term internal external short-term narrow

25. Broad vs. narrow range of attentionExample: Football, mid-field measurement of • optical (biological) peripheral view (≈ 170º)=> biological requirement for excellence • stress-induced reduction of peripheral attention=> critical mental aspect to maximize performance = competitors = teammates

26. Long-term focus of attentionconcentration ‚Cognitrone‘-test: Concentration under • unlimited working time • fixed working time, respectively time pressure • A high level of concentration is • essential in every sports competition • especially in • racket sports, e. g. tennis or squash • psychomotor complex sports, e. g. diving or gymnastics

27. Reaction-Time Analysis Sport Psychology Purpose • talent identification • problem identification • find origins for interventions

28. Reaction-Time AnalysisProblem identification reaction time decision time motor time

29. Reaction time analysisOrigins for interventions • motor or mental intervention • state or trait-oriented intervention • cognitive or emotional intervention Reaction Time degree of arousal

30. Analysis of stress toleranceAdaptive testing • A high level of stress-tolerance: • is essential in every sports competition • is specifically required in sports demanding fine motor abilities, like table tennis and squash

31. Mental Training Sport Psychology E.g. Biofeedback • a means of mental training in the frame of HoTT • deliberate influencing of bodily functions • heart rate • respiration (rate, depth) • muscle contraction (EMG) • arousal (skin conductance)

32. Overview • ASPIRE – a brief introduction • Sport Science Approach • Bio-Science Support • Social Science Support • The holistic concept for ASPIRE student athletes

34. Academy for Sports Excellence • The fundamental Vision • is to develop • elite athletes • competent students • top personalities Mission: An holistic perspective on our student athletes!