International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The Primary aim of the study was to investigate the effect of meditation on mental toughness and sports competitive anxiety among Shooting players of Jijamata college of science and arts Bhende, Tal. Newasa District. Ahmednagar. For the purpose of this study 20 male regular Shooting players of 18 to 25 years of age from Jijamata college of science and arts Bhende, Tal. Newasa District. Ahmednagar were randomly selected as subject. Mental Toughness (MTQ48) questionnaire developed by Dr. Alan Goldberg was used to measure mental toughness and the score was noted down in number. Sports Competitive Anxiety Questionnaire developed by Heinssen, Glass & Knight, 1987 was used to assess anxiety and the score was recorded in number. To determine the effect of meditation on mental toughness and sports competitive anxiety among Shooting players independent and dependent‘t’ test was employed for each selected variables separately, the level of significance was set at 0.05 for testing the hypothesis.The findings of the statistical analysis revealed that six weeks of meditation program showed significant improvement on Mental Toughness and Sports Competitive Anxiety among Shooting players.

Key Words- Meditation, Mental-Toughness, Sports Competitive Anxiety, Shooting.