Flow i idrott

Sammanfattning: In this study, a qualitative interview method was used to answer the scientific purpose. The purpose of the study is to investigate what is required of young athletes in order for them to experience flow in their sport, both in training and competitions and to investigate the experience of flow so athletes both individually and in collaboration with their coach can develop and improve their performance. The informants on who the study is based on are four men and one woman who all are athletes. This was done through Csikszentmihalyi's theory of the nine flow components: clear goal, unambiguous feedback, balance between challenge and skill, concentration on the task at hand, merging of action and consciousness, experience of control, lost self-awareness, changed perception of time and the autotelic experience. The results of the study were that the most important factors were clear goals, balance between challenge and skill and unambiguous feedback, which are the factors you have a direct influence over. The coach's role is therefore important when it comes to how athletes experience flow. Competitionstress caused the respondent's concentration to increase. Succeeding in overcoming the stress of competition is considered to be one of the major factors in achieving flow during a competition, along with the merging of consciousness and action.