Relationship between athletic coping skills and mental toughness among badminton players in Manipur

The objective of the study was to explore whether there is any significant relationship between athletic coping skills and mental toughness among badminton players in Manipur, India. A Convenience sampling method was employed to select a total of 20 (Male = 16 and Female = 04) badminton players from the National Sports University of Manipur who had participated at the district level. They were aged between 18 and 25 years. Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28, developed by Smith et al. (1995) was used to assess athlete's psychological skills and the Mental Toughness Questionnaire-48, developed by Clough et al., (2002) was used for measuring Mental Toughness among athletes. From Pearson’s Correlation analysis, a significant negative correlation at p = .05 level was found between the subscale of Athletic Coping Skills Inventory namely coachability and confidence ability, a subscale of Mental Toughness with r = -.491*. The findings of the present study suggest that as the athletic coping skills namely coachability increase, there will be a decrease in the Subscale of Mental Toughness named confidence ability.