The Effect of a Strength and Conditioning Protocol on NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball Players' Mental Toughness.

ABSTRACT: Mental toughness (MT) is a popularized term in sports since it has been found to be positively related to performance. Self-assessment is the most common method of MT data collection. In the strength and conditioning (S&C) context, MT research has focused on males with a notable lack of female participants. Division 1 NCAA strength and conditioning coaches (SCC) spend more hours with their athletes during offseason training than any other coach. The purpose of this study was to measure the perceived effectiveness of an off-season S&C training regimen on MT levels of female athletes while also examining the differences in these perceptions between athletes, teammates, and their SCC. Following a quasi-experimental, longitudinal design, 12 student-athletes assessed their own (n = 58) a

SUBMITTER: Olivan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10128122 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature