본 연구는 대학스포츠 지도자들의 시각에서 바라보는 스포츠멘탈코칭 도입의 방해요인을 알아보는데 목적 이 있다. 방법: 이를 위하여 지도자 경력이 5년 이상인 대학축구지도자 8명을 대상으로 심층인터뷰를 통해 자료 를 수집한 뒤 전사하여 귀납적 분석방법으로 분석하였다. 결과: 분석 결과 3개의 일반영역(직면하고 있는 현장상 황, 스포츠심리학과 현장과의 괴리감, 멘탈코칭에 대한 막연한 두려움)과 9개의 세부영역(시간적 여유부족, 경제적 여유부족, 환경적 여유부족: 중요성 인식부족, 우선순위밀림, 정보부족: 선수와 지도자간 관계에 대한 우려, 지도 방향성에 대한 우려, 효과에 대한 불신)으로 구분되었다. 결론: 본 연구결과를 통해 멘탈코칭 현장도입을 위한 걸 림돌이 무엇인지를 확인할 수 있었고 멘탈코칭 활성화를 위한 방향성을 제시하였다.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to define mental coaching and to identify the application of mental coaching in sport. There are confusions in sport psychological interventions between Psychological skills training and counseling. Psychological skills training enhances the athlete's performance by controlling their various psychological factors through sport psychological interventions. But psychological skills training focuses on improving performance without considering the athlete's individual development and self realization. Mental coaching consists of psychological skills training, counseling and mentoring. And mental coaching should enhance performance by psychological skills training, promote personal growth by counseling, and promote the athlete's self-realization by mentoring. Limitations of Psychological intervention: As an application of sport psychology. counseling and psychological skills training is still valid. However, conflicts of psychological skills training, absence of present methods for sport psychological intervention fruits, prejudice for sport psychological intervention in sports fields, limited access routes for the application of sport psychological intervention for athletes, and separation between the sports psychologist and the coach creates difficulties in the application of sports psychology. Conclusion: Mental coaching, in harmony with psychological skills training, counseling and mentoring becomes more effective via integration between the sports psychologist and coach.