To Study the Impact of Motivational Videos on Injured Athletes: Exploring the Dynamics of Performance, Mental Toughness & Coping Strategies

Abstract

The study investigated the impact of social media on injured athletes, focusing on performance enhancement, mental toughness and coping strategies. Social media provided motivation and support to the athletes during their injury recovery process. This was an experimental study which involved 20 injured athletes aged 18-25 and mean age was 21.9 undergoing rehabilitation, who were exposed to motivational videos and verbal speeches from life coaches over 4 phases that were conducted in 4 weeks. The pre & post intervention assessments were conducted using Sports Performance Perception Scale (SPPS), Mental Toughness Test (MTT), and BRIEF-Cope questionnaire to measure the changes in their perception of performance, psychological resilience and coping mechanisms. The significant difference was found between pre-post scores on performance perception, mental toughness and coping strategies. Mean, SD, t-ratio were calculated for the statistical analysis. The results revealed that motivational videos during sports rehabilitation recovery period effect positively on all the sub variables of perception of performance, mental toughness and coping strategies.