Table 1.

Psychological characteristics related to the sport performance questionnaire (CPRD).

Items	I totally disagree			I totally agree
1. I usually have difficulties in concentrating when competing
2. I usually keep thinking about the next competition or match over and over when I go to bed
3. I really trust in my technical skills
4. Sometimes I don’t feel like going to the training
6. I seldom feel as tense as for interfering with my performance
7. Frequently I mentally rehearse my performance immediately before starting my competition or match
8. In most of competitions or matches I believe I will get it right
9. When I fail, I usually lose my momentum
10. It doesn’t take much to undermine the confidence in myself
12. I’m usually scared to death immediately before starting my competition or match
13. When I fail, it’s hard to me to refocus on what I have to pay attention to
14. Any mild injury or bad training might erode the confidence in myself
15. I set goals or objectives to pursue and usually I get them
16. Sometimes I feel extremely uneasy when I am competing
17. During my competition or match performance, my attention shifts again and again from the athletic performance and other things
19. I usually doubt myself regarding getting it right when competing or playing a match
20. I spend great deal of energy trying to keep calm before a match or a competition
21. When I start off crooked, my confidence quickly decreases
23. When I mentally rehearse my performance I see myself as if I was watching me on a TV screen
24. I usually keep playing confidently whether I’m playing really bad
25. When facing a match or a competition I try to picture from my own perspective what I will see, do and feel when the situation become real
26. Confidence in myself is rather unstable
28. I feel very nervous when I fail in a match or a competition
29. At this moment, doing well in sport is my main focus
30. I’m good controlling my anxiety
31. Sport is my life
32. I believe in myself
33. I’m usually motivated to improve day by day
34. I frequently lose my mental focus during the competition or the match due to referees or umpires wrong decisions against me or us
35. When I fail during a match or a competition, I’m usually concern about what others might think (coach, mates, spectators)
36. The day before a match or a competition I’m usually worried or anxious
37. As a rule of thumb, I set goals which are 100% achievable regardless the others
39 It’s not worth to spend so much time and effort I put into sport
40. I usually psych up when dealing with matches or competitions
41. During a match or a competition, I often lose my focus due to I worry about the final score or mark
42. I usually take criticism easily and try to learn from them
43. I’m easily focused on what is really important at any time during a match or a competition
44. I can hardly accept giving prominence to some other teammate’s contribution despite mine
45. When the match or the competition was finished, I objectively and specifically analyze my performance according to facts and the different match/competition phases
46. I often lose my focus due to competitors’ trash talking
47. I’m really concern about coach’s match/competition decision regarding me
48. I don’t mentally rehearse as an ordinary routine, something I should improve
49. I am usually very focused during trainings
50. I frequently set main goals before each training session or competition/match
51. My confidence regards on previous competition or matches success
52. My motivation regards on receiving recognition from others
53. Coach’s instructions, comments and gestures often negatively affects my concentration during matches or competitions
54. I usually feel confident in myself even in tough matches or competition situations
55. I’m willing to any effort to improve myself

¹Buceta, J. M., Gimeno, F., and Pérez-Llantada, M. C. (1994). Based on the Psychological Skills Inventory for Sport (PSIS), Mahoney et al. (1987).