Psychological Skills Training in Sports

Author: Dr. Agyajit Singh

Sports psychology is an application of principles, methods and techniques of psychological analysis, appraisal and enhancement for optimizing human sports or human athletic behavior which accounts to reflect psychological principles employed prior to or during competition. As in sports, competition has become very intense and all individuals and nations are striving very hard to gain supremacy over others. Olympics and other world competitions may stand testimony to this fact. In order to win the games, it is not physical strength or the skill level of the players which play edge over other teams, but it is the mind that fluctuates during competition which brings the medal or the lose the same. Now the sports psychologists are working to devise some strategies, techniques and skills which may help the athletes to go for the excellence in the contests. Psychological skills training has become very important in these days to implement and practice during the training schedules of the sportspersons. The psychological skills have to be taught to the coaches, so that they may impart them and apply them during their coaching period.

ISBN: 978-81-949240-4-3

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