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Abstract
Although Psychological preparation is a component that has often neglected by athletes and
coaches alike, studies have shown that mental readiness is the most significant statistical link
with high level of sports performances. Athletes have frequently been quoted to state how the
mental aspect is the most important part of one’s performance. As Arnold Palmer, a professional
golfer suggested that the game is 90% psychological. The ‘thinking time’ in a game of golf is
much more than the total time spent by the golfer in actually swinging and striking the ball
during those 72 holes. Within the parameters of psychological aspects of athletic performance, it
is interesting to note that more than 70 percent questions raised, discussed and debated at the
International conferences and seminars on sport psychology pertain to anxiety and aggression
as performance to the genre of emotions. Although in every sports the mental preparation
required but some sports like Archery, Shooting and boxing where concentration and control
over emotions demands more. Psychological factors like stress, anxiety, Aggression, tension etc.
significantly affected sports performances. Physical fitness may gain by conditioning; high level
of training and by the means of many exercises but Yoga practices is the best for psychological