Impact of Mental Skills Training on Coping Skills of Soccer Players: Examining the Impact of Mental Skills Training on Coping Skills in Soccer Players

Abstract

This study aim was to analyze impact of mental skills training on coping skills of soccer players. A sample of 20 male soccer players with age group 18 to 24 years from LNIPE, NERC Guwahati were purposively selected and all the subjects were divided randomly into two groups, each group consisting of 10 subjects. Treatment group under gone mental skill training for the duration of 10 weeks 03 times a week whereas control group was not allowed to participate in any training programme except their daily routine.Athletic Coping Style Inventory (ACSI-28 Smith, Schutz, Smoll, Ptacek, 1995) was used to assess individual coping skills and data was taken at the beginning and after the end of training program. Descriptive statistics, Analysis of Covariance as statistical techniques were employed. Further Bonferroni post hoc means comparison was also used when F value was found significant. The main effect for the treatment groups were significant at 5 level for confidence achievement motivation F=40.22, p=0.00, p<0.05 with effect size .703, for coachability F=35.89, p=0.00, p<0.05 with effect size .679), for Coping with adversity F=23.03, p=0.00, p<0.05 with effect size .575) and for freedom from worry F=46.74, p=0.00, p<0.05 with effect size .733) it indicates that there was significant differences between the groups after adjusting the effect of pre-test.Post hoc results showed that significant difference was found between treatment and control group in confidence achievement motivation, coachability, coping with adversity and freedom from worry at 0.05 level of significance.