Psychological Skills Profile of Iranian Elite Swimmers

Background: one of the most important factors affecting the optimal implementation ofmotor skills and reaching the peak of performance in sports and competitive environmentsis the use of psychological skills.objective: the aim of the present study was to compare the psychological skills of iranianelite swimmers based on competitive experience, gender, age and swimming distance.methods: for this purpose, 93 elite swimmers were selected as available subjects. theamst 3 questionnaire was used to measure the psychological skills of swimmers and thenthe findings were analyzed using spss software.results: the results of independent t-test and u-man whitney showed that there was nosignificant statistical difference between the psychological skills of iranian elite swimmersbased on competitive experience, age, gender and distance of swimming.conclusion: it seems that iranian elite swimmers have learned psychological skills throughnatural learning, and this has made the level of psychological skills of iranian eliteswimmers about the same. therefore, the need to use psychological interventions isimportant for elite iranian swimmers.