Monitoring mood state to improve performance in soccer players: A brief review

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Abstract

Introduction

Psychological aspects of sport are key in maintaining athlete motivation and make a difference in competitive outcomes. Adjustments to training may be necessary according to athletes’ emotional state. Therefore, it is important to assess and quantify mood states throughout the season in team sports, including among soccer players. The Profile of Mood States (POMS) is a widely used questionnaire that assesses emotional states characterized by positive or negative feelings and can be administered repeatedly to assess changes in mood state. This review aims to assess and summarize the current literature on mood state variation in soccer players with a specific focus on training loads, training modalities, and competitive performance.

Methods

A literature search was systematically conducted and resulted in 156 records. After removing duplicates, items with irrelevant titles and abstracts were screened out, and full texts were then screened for relevance and compared with inclusion and exclusion criteria. The remaining 37 articles were included in the final qualitative synthesis.

Results

POMS scores were related to variability in training load, intensity of the training period, modality of training exercises, competitive performance and time of day in soccer players. Common recommendations include monitoring the mood state of soccer players during training sessions, matches, and throughout training periods to detect early signs of psychological disturbance and aid in optimizing high-level training performance.

Conclusion

The POMS allows for monitoring of players’ psychological state, providing coaches with data to aid in adjusting acute program variables according to players’ psychological states and improve performance. Results offer practical support for the use of a simple POMS measurement as part of an overall program to monitor the players’ psychological states. Results also highlight how training choices (i.e., load and exercise modality) and competitive performance are related to mood states (i.e., tension, anger, confusion, depression, fatigue, and vigor).

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Okba Selmi: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/996738/overview

Ibrahim Ouergui: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/903432/overview

Antonella Muscella: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/793260/overview

Danielle E. Levitt: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/997211/overview

Katsuhiko Suzuki: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/212359/overview

Anissa Bouassida: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1038438/overview

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Psychol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Psychol

Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Psychol.

Title: Frontiers in Psychology

Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.

ISSN (Electronic): 1664-1078

Publication date (Electronic): 22 February 2023

Publication date Collection: 2023

Volume: 14

Electronic Location Identifier: 1095238

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[1] ¹High Institute of Sports and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba , El Kef, Tunisia

[2] ²Research Unit: Sportive Sciences, Health and Movement , El Kef, Tunisia

[3] ³High Institute of Sports and Physical Education, Ksar Said, University of Manouba , Tunis, Tunisia

[4] ⁴Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, University of Salento , Lecce, Italy

[5] ⁵Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas Tech University , Lubbock, TX, United States

[6] ⁶Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University , Saitama, Japan

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Edited by: Chong Chen, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Reviewed by: Morteza Taheri, Imam Khomeini International University, Iran; Jovan Gardasevic, University of Montenegro, Montenegro

*Correspondence: Okba Selmi, okbaselmii@ 123456yahoo.fr

Katsuhiko Suzuki, katsu.suzu@ 123456waseda.jp

^†These authors share last authorship

This article was submitted to Movement Science and Sport Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology

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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1095238

PMC ID: 9992435

PubMed ID: 36910823

SO-VID: b42550f0-1990-451e-9632-844f8467f9aa

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Date received : 10 November 2022

Date accepted : 03 February 2023

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Figures: 1, Tables: 6, Equations: 0, References: 49, Pages: 11, Words: 8657

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