International Journal of Sport, Exercise and Health Research 2021; 5(1): 17-20 ; DOI:10.31254/sportmed.5105
The Burnout Level of Beginner Athlete
Eka Kurnia Darisman1 , Ali Maksum2 , Anung Priambodo2
1. Universitas PGRI Adi Buana Surabaya, Indonesia
2. Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
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Received: 13th January, 2021 / Accepted: 21st March, 2021
Burnout is a psychological syndrome that has the main characteristics of emotion fatigue, depersonalization, and a decrease in achievement. This condition of burnout can arise when they have little free time for their lives. In the end, they concerned will feel unpleasant feelings an increasingly stressed when confronted again by the same activity continuously. As a beginner athlete must feel that the sport is fun, if not it will slowly show symptoms of burnout that can affect the development of the novice athlete. If not, they will slowly leave all the activities carried out so far. This study, using a questionnaire as the main instrument to collect data. The questionnaire used was a closed questionnaire and was distributed to 100 beginner athlete from 10 sports specialisation of East Java. From the questionnaire collected, data obtained of 45% of athlete experienced symptoms of low burnout level and 55% experienced symptoms of moderate burnout level. Burnout can be overcome in 5 ways namely increasing self awareness, balancing breaks and activities, choosing activities that are in accordance with the plan, seeking support from the immediate environment, and practicing mental training techniques.
Burnout level, Psychological syndrome, Beginner athlete
