Investigation of the relationship between psychological skills and mental training levels of athletes

The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between mental training and psychological skill levels of athletes and to compare them according to various demographic characteristics. The research group of the study, which was carried out according to the screening model, consists of 812 athletes, 541 male (66.6%) and 271 female (33.4%), operating in various sports branches in Tekirdağ. In the data collection process of the research, personal information form, "Mental Training Inventory in Sports" and "Scale of Evaluation of Psychological Skills of Athletes" were used. Independent T test and One Way Anova Test were used to compare the obtained data, Pearson Correlation analysis and simple linear regression tests were used to examine the relationship between variables. In the light of the findings, there is a significant difference between the mental training and psychological skill levels of the athletes and the variables of gender, age, education level, family monthly income, sports branch, sport type, contact status, undergraduate status, undergraduate year, nationality status and weekly training number, It was found that there is a positive and significant relationship between the mental training of the athletes and their psychological skill levels, and psychological skill explains about 32.5% of the change in the mental training levels of the athletes. When the results of the research are examined, it is seen that gender, age, education level, family monthly income, sports branch, sport type, contact status, undergraduate status, undergraduate year, nationality status and weekly training number are among the determinants of the psychological skills and mental training levels of the athletes. It can be said that mental training levels will also increase in case of an increase. Keywords: Sport, Sport Psychology, Mental training, Psychological skills