AUTHOR(S): Vishal Singh and Samiran Chakraborty

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of psychological skill training effect on selected mental skills among inter-collegiate gymnasts. The subjects from different sports academies of NCR (National Capital Region), who had represented their respective colleges in inter-collegiate competitions, were selected. The age of subjects ranged between 17-25 years. For assessing the psychological skills of inter-collegiate gymnast players (N=24) were divided into two groups, one of the group getting psychological skills training was labeled as experimental group (n=12) and other group was not getting treatment was labeled as control group (n=12). For each group both pre and post data was collected. The “Ottawa Mental Skill Assessment Tool-3” questionnaire developed by Natalie Durand-Bush (1995) was used. The study resulted that there was significant difference in goal setting, stress control, self-confidence, relaxation and mental imagery between pre and post data in control group while there was a significant difference in goal setting, stress control, self-confidence, relaxation and mental imagery between pre and post data in experimental group. The study concluded that psychological skill training has a positive effect of goal setting, stress control, self-confidence, relaxation and mental imagery.

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