THE EFFECTS OF SPORT PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE TRAINING FOR INCREASING MENTAL TOUGHNESS IN YOUTH SOCCER PLAYER
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The aims of the study of the effects of sport psychological technique training for increasing mental toughness research were to find out the mental toughness level of youth soccer players who attended to the Youth Soccer Thailand championship 2022 and to compare the mental toughness level within the one-sample group before and after trials. The subjects were 15 youth soccer players aging under 18 years old who were attended to the Youth Soccer Thailand Championship 2022, with moderate level of the mental toughness at before trial, and voluntary participation who were assigned to use Sport Psychological technique Training program. The research instruments were the Mental toughness inventory developed by the researcher based on Khanittha Rahotharn (2011), with the reliability value of .84, as well as the Sport Psychological technique Training program, taking twice per 4 weeks and once per 1 hour 30 minutes The data was analyzed by sum of level, Mean, Standard Deviation and Paired Sample t-test for one sample. The results showed that the level of mental toughness of youth soccer players at before performing the sport psychological training program was moderate level and was high level at after trial which was significant statistically higher than before at .01 level.
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