Sorokhaibam Premananda Singh1 & Sanjib Kumar Bhowmik2
Assistant Professor, National Sports University (A Central University), Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India, jonaprem@gmail.com
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Tripura University (A Central University), Suryamaninagar, 799022, Tripura, India.
Volume 12, Number 5, 2020 I Full Text PDF
DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v12n5.rioc1s19n3
Abstract
The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of six weeks of Visuomotor Behavior Rehearsal on Enhancing Mental Toughness of Soccer Players. For the purpose of study forty (n=40) soccer players in the age groups of 17 to 21 years belong to Th. Birchandra Singh Football Academy (TBSFA), Imphal West, Manipur were selected. Subjects were divided into Treatment and controlled group (20 players in each group). The data was collected through the administration of the Psychological Performance Inventory (PPI) by James E. Loehr (1996) containing 42 items. To find out the significant effect of the Psychological Skills Training Program on Selected Psychological Variables of Soccer Players, MANOVA for psychological variables was used and the level of significance was set at 0.05. The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant effect of soccer players on those who underwent the PST program as compared to the players in the controlled group.
Keywords: Visuo Motor Behavioural Rehearsal, Mental Toughness, self-confidence, negative energy control, attention control, Visual & imagery control, motivational level, positive energy control and attitude control.