Investigation Of The Mental Toughness And Imagination Of Professional And Amateur Football Players In Terms Of The Variables Of The Level Of Athletes And Year Of Athletes

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the imagination and mental toughness levels of professional and amateur football players. In addition, within the scope of the research, the imagination and mental endurance levels of football players were examined according to the variables of their level of athlete (amateur, professional) and years of athlet. A total of 120 male football players, 60 professional and 60 amateur, participated in the research voluntarily. Research oriented, some information related with sociodemografic variables was gathered with personal information forms by researchers. "Sports Imagery Inventory" and "Sports Mental Toughness Inventory" were used as measurement tools in the research. Distrubition was adjusted as a normal according to skewness and lowness for total score distrubition. In this regard, descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage) were used. T-test was used for pairwise group comparison, and Pearson distribution analysis was used to determine the relationships between variables. According to the findings obtained as a result of the research, it was determined that there was no significant difference between the level of sportsmanship (amateur, professional) and years of sportsmanship and mental toughness levels. A significant difference was found between football players' years of athletics and their imagination levels. When looking at amateur-professional sportsmanship levels and imagination levels, no significant difference was found between the groups. However, when the relationship between imagery and mental toughness level was examined, it was determined that there was a positive and significant relationship in all sub-dimensions except the control sub-dimension. This reveals that imagination and mental toughness exercises affect each other positively.