Athlete’s performance is versatile. It depends on the partnership between physical, tactical, technical and psychological factors. The psychological factor is usually that defines a winner and a loser in sports. Mental training is preparation for competition in developing athlete’s sport skills and tactics level. By combining the psychological factor with modern day competitive behaviors, the paper article presents different designed ways to enhance the psychological qualities through methods described in the development of mental training. Mental Training is an integral part of sports psychology that focuses on helping athletes those who breakout through the mental barriers and helps them in achieving peak performance. The article is a model of intervention and structured framework to increase mental health of an athlete, and respond to the needs of athletes who are at the edge of facing, or experiencing difficulties in the performance. The purpose of this article is to study the importance of mental training and its relation with sports performance. The article comprises of mental training and its importance, remedies and development of winning attitude through strong mental toughness. Conclusion and future scope in these areas are also discussed. The method explained in the article can be used for improvement of mental toughness.
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