Purpose: Because of the limited number of athletes, the drop-out rate of young gymnasts imposes significant threat to Korean gymnastics which have been quite successful at the international level. To avoid discontinuances in athletes’ carriers and to maintain such successes, this study aimed to identify the factors influencing the level of adherence. Especially, in addition to the the previously reported effects of gymnasts’ ego-resilience on exercise adherence, the mediating effect of self-management was tested. Methods: One hundred twenty six gymnasts were collected with purposive/non-probability sampling who register in Korean Olympic Committee (KOC). Frequency analysis, descriptive statistical analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, structure equation modeling analysis were performed with SPSS 18.0, AMOS 18.0 and Excel 2010 programs, and significance of mediated effect was verified with bootstrapping. Results: The ego-resilience of gymnasts has positive relation with exercise adherence, and self-management fully mediates the relation between ego-resilience and exercise adherence.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of Self Management Strategies and Sports Performance Strategies for Team Cohesion on women's pro basketball team. Methods: Data was collected by a survey method from 89 Korean women's professional basketball athletes for this study. The data analysis was conducted suing the PASW statistics ver. 18.0 with the factor analysis, one-way ANOVA, and stepwise regression performed and Scheffe's post-hoc was applied if when the results showed a significantly difference. Results: (1) group social cohesion, mental readiness, daily living management, physical conditioning, interpersonal relationship, condition control, and imagery-goal setting were significantly different by aging, (2) mental readiness, daily living management, physical conditioning, interpersonal relationship, training management, condition control, imagery-goal setting, and relaxation were significantly different by career, (3) group task cohesion, daily living management, physical conditioning, interpersonal relationship, and condition control were significantly different by average playing time, (4) no different by position, (5) Self Management Strategies (training management, daily living management, mental readiness) influenced Team Cohesion, and (6) condition control influenced Team Cohesion (individual social cohesion, individual task cohesion, group task cohesion). Conclusion: The women pro basketball players who have higher age, career, and average playing time than the others efforts harder with self management and sport performance strategies for maintaining and improving their athletic performance which influence to enhance team cohesion, and it finally supports team performance being advanced.