Abstract
A pilot study was conducted to examine the relationship between motor performance and the characteristics of mindfulness. The participants in this study were eight college-going students who were randomly divided into three teams. Each team performed a ball-rolling task four times, after answering the Japanese version of Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Following that, the distance from the center of the target to the ball, in the fourth ball-rolling task, was measured as the performance variable. The results of this study showed that there was a significant negative correlation between distance, which is the indicator of sports performance, and scores on the "Non-judgmental" subscale of the FFMQ. In other words, when the outcome of the ball-rolling task was excellent, it was observed that the score on the "Non-judgmental" subscale was also higher (r (6) = -.823, p < .05). Based on the results of this study, it was suggested that being "non-judgmental," which is one of the characteristics of mindfulness, may be a factor that could help in predicting excellent sports-related performance, under pressure conditions.
