Author(s): T Murugesan and Dr. K Jothi

Abstract:
The study was designed to investigate the effect of mental training on Achievement motivation State level fencers of Tamil Nadu. For this 30 state level fencers were selected randomly from Tamil Nadu. Their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. They were divided into two equal groups namely Experimental Group and control group. Five days in a week, for three months, Experimental Group underwent mental training, and control group was not given any specific training. The criterion variables chosen was, namely achievement motivation. The subjects were assessed before and after the training period of three months. The analysis of covariance was used to determine any significant difference present among the two groups of the dependent variables. The study revealed that the selected psychological variable achievement motivation significantly improved due to the influence of mental training among state level fencers.

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