Author(s): Ravinder Kumar and Sumit Saroha

Abstract:
Research scholar’s has selected the topic with the purpose to find out effects of three weeks individualized psychology skill training on archery performance of National level archery players. Psychological skill training is required by the player to endure in the game and sports. The PST is done to improve its function and enhance sports performance. For the purpose of present experiment study the purposive sampling method was used to select the archers as the subject. With the help of normal probability curve seven subjects were selected those who lies below the normal distribution. Keeping in view the purpose of the study, 07 National level archery players of Chandigarh were randomly selected, the age of subjects between 15-30 years old and the training age was above then two years. All subjects participated in state, national (school, junior, senior), All India Inter University level Competition. All archers belong to Archery academy named “Guru ki Mehar” which is located in sector 39, Chandigarh. Psychological skill training for three weeks was adopted to enhance sports performance of the players. Pre-test and Post-test were conducted. Standardized Psychological skills assessment scale was developed and standardized by Sharma and Sharma (2012) to test psychological skills among archers. Psychological skills assessment scale (PSAS), test the Arousal regulation, goal setting, Imagery, Attention, Motivation, Self-Awareness, Self-Confidence of the Archers. The results showed that in there are significant changes in arousal, goal setting, imagery and self-awareness when whole group is descriptive analysis (*p>0.05). There was no significant difference found in attention, motivation and self-confidence as we compare them in group, but there was change in percentage of variables. It was concluded that three week psychological skills training programme did increase the arousal, goal setting, imagery and self-awareness of the archers significantly. But in case of attention, motivation and self-confidence three weeks conditioning programme does not work significantly.

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