Impact of twelve weeks cross training protocol on mental toughness among college level male athletes

Abstract

In the present study it was planned to check the Impact of twelve weeks cross training protocol on mental toughness among college level male athletes. To achieve the purpose of the present research, total one hundred (N=100) of college level male athletes of Gurgaon district (Haryana) were selected as subjects. The age of the subjects was ranged from 20 to 28 years. To test the Mental toughness of selected subjects, mental toughness inventory (MTI) developed by Middleton (2005) was used by the researcher. After the collection of relevant data, to know the impact of twelve weeks cross training protocol on selected anthropometric parameters and mental toughness of college level male athletes, t-test was employed on mean values of pre and post-tests with the help of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 16.0. The level of significance was set at 0.05 percent. There was no significant impact of twelve weeks cross training protocol on Mental Toughness of College level male athletes.