The Impact of Mindfulness Training on Basketball Shooting Performance of College Student-Athletes

This study aims to explore the impact of mindfulness training on the basketball shooting performance of Chinese college student-athletes. A total of 50 students majoring in physical education from a university were selected as participants and underwent an 8-week, 5-session-perweek structured mindfulness training intervention. The effect of mindfulness training on shooting performance was systematically examined through a comprehensive evaluation method that combined pre- and post-intervention comparisons, assessments using psychological resilience scales, free-throw performance tests, and tracking of game performance. The results showed that after the mindfulness intervention, the psychological resilience of the participants in the experimental group was significantly enhanced, with a marked increase in their resilience compared to pre-intervention levels. The free-throw performance of the mindfulness group also improved significantly, with post-intervention scores notably higher than pre-intervention scores. The study concludes that mindfulness training enhances athletes' attention regulation, emotional management, and stress coping abilities, thereby improving their psychological quality structure and positively influencing their sports performance. It is recommended that mindfulness training be integrated into the psychological training system for college student-athletes to provide a scientifically based psychological intervention for enhancing competitive sports performance.