Name: Jigyasa Bansal
Country: India

Year: 2018
Volume: Volume-3, Issue-2 (July-December)
Page Number: 60-63

Training the mind, as well as the body, is increasingly being recognised as vital to achieving sporting success. Understanding how to apply psychology in sport can help improve an athlete's motivation and ultimately their performance. Both sport psychology (focusing on the dynamic interplay between psychological factors and athletic performance) and sport and exercise psychology (focusing on using psychological insight to increase exercise and activity levels) are essential components in empowering performance. Whether that be for professional athletes or the general population, an understanding of how the mind works can have a huge impact. There are many psychological factors that affect sports performance , this paper would examine a few of them.