Vol. 5, Issue 2, Part A (2023)

Sports Psychology is a subcategory of psychology where the principles and techniques of psychology are applied in a sport setting. Studies on sports psychology intervention has concluded that the use of psychological tools and techniques lead to reach greater athletic performance. From the long years back, Indians believed to have a clear idea of body/mind relationship. This concept evoked the idea of well-established sport psychology in India. But in reality this new sport science has only begun to emerge here recently. Indians live in a sport loving society where numerous sports are played. So sport psychologists are highly demanding for various sports. Indian athletes have always put in the physical hard work and effort to win a game. However, very rarely it was believed that any sport is a mind game too. Sports psychology is like a medicine to a sportsperson. If a team has mental skills of coach, it will have a better understanding of the dynamics of performance. Day by day sports psychology is becoming an important facet of sports science in India.