Research On Mental Skills Training Of Chinese Players For Participating World Skills Competition

The WorldSkills Competition(WSC)is a biennial global professional event dedicated to increasing the visibility and recognition of technicians and demonstrating the importance of skills in achieving economic growth and personal success.The purpose of the organizational skills competition is to establish skills values around the world,encourage young people to participate in vocational education and training,reflect the teaching results of vocational education and vocational training in various countries,and improve the skills of global technicians through mutual learning and communication.Through the competition,enterprises,the public and the society are concerned about learning skills to improve the quality of life.Therefore,in recent years,skill competitions have attracted more attention internationally,and each country is striving to improve its performance.In addition to strengthening the technical and tactical training of the contestants to maintain the competitiveness of the competition,countries have explored the key factors affecting the results of the World Skills Competition through scientific research methods in order to seek breakthroughs in enhancing international competitiveness.This study used questionnaire survey method and case study method to investigate the current situation of the psychological skill level of the contestants of the World Skills Competition in China,with 57 participants from the World Skills Competition.The casework method was used to train the mental skills of the player Y of the 45 th World Skills Competition S project.The study found that:(1)The average level of psychological skills of 57 players in China in the 45 th World Skills Competition is higher(Average 4.01),the highest level of motivation,followed by teamwork,attention and cognitive regulation,the lowest level of psychological skills is self-confidence.(2)There are no significant differences in the psychological skills and dimensions of 57 players in the 45 th World Skills Competition in different genders and different project categories.The one-way analysis of variance is used to compare the psychological skills of players with different medals.There were significant differences in motivation factors between different levels of players(p<0.05),and there were significant differences in teamwork factors(p<0.01).The results of the post hoc test showed that the gold medal players were significantly better than the silver medal players in the motivation factor(p<0.05),and the gold medal players were significantly better than the unwinning players(p<0.01);in terms of teamwork,the gold medal players were significantly better.Winners and unwinned players(p<0.01).(3)The psychological skills are classified according to good and excellent.The number ofparticipants of the 45 th World Skills Competition with excellent psychological skills is 29,and the probability of winning the competition(acquisition of gold,silver and bronze)was79.3%;The number of participants of the 45 th World Skills Competition with good psychological skills is 28,and the probability of winning the competition(winning gold,silver,bronze)is46.4%.Correlation analysis of the psychological skills and competition results of the participants of the 45 th World Skills Competition,the study found that psychological skills and motivation,self-confidence and teamwork are significantly related to the results of the competition,that is,the higher the level of psychological skills,the more likely he(she)is to win prizes in the competition.(4)The psychological skills training for the S project participant of the 45 th World Skills Competition showed that the use of mental training methods such as representation training,relaxation training,and wooden block exercises is helpful for improving the psychological skills of the players,especially teamwork.