The sources of stress for junior table tennis players who attend the English National Training Academy

The English National Table Tennis Training Academy was set up in 1998. One year into the programme players started to show signs of stress whilst living at the academy, which seemed to be having a negative effect on motivation and performance. This required the sources of stress to be identified. It is important to note that this study was not empirically-based, but an applied tool used to identify sources of stress at the academy that could be targeted for applied intervention.