Virtual reality games and mental skills of elite athletes during the COVID-۱۹ pandemic

The current study's prime objective was to assess virtual reality games' impact on the mental skills of elite athletes during the COVID-۱۹ pandemic. In this study, ۲۲۸ elite athletes were randomly selected and divided into four groups of ۵۷ controls and experiments. All subjects in the control and experimental groups received virtual reality games for ۱۵ minutes for ten sessions; then, each group was re-examined. The control group performed a follow-up test according to the posttest after two weeks using the Ottawa mental skills assessment questionnaire (OMSAT-۳), and repeated measures analysis of covariance and Bonferroni post hoc test were used to test the hypothesis (P≤۰.۰۵). The results obtained using repeated measures analysis of covariance and Bonferroni post hoc test showed that virtual reality games influenced elite athletes' mental skills in COVID. From these findings, it can be said that virtual reality games can improve the mental skills of elite athletes during COVID-۱۹

Keywords:

virtual reality games , mental skills , elite athletes , COVID-۱۹ , athletic performance.