摘要：The purpose o f this study is to analyse som e psychological skills (coping with adversity,peaking under pressure,goal setting/mental preparation,concentration and freedom fro m worry) of soccer players in relation to being amateur and professionaL Adapted version of the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-16 in Turkish soccer players administered to 155 amateur and 63 professional soccer players (n = 218).Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-16 measures the five psychological skills mentioned above.According to the results of t-tests,a meaningful difference was found between amateur and professional soccer players in terms of the total score of psychological skills and peaking under pressure (p<0.05).However,the further analysis of the measured psychological skills revealed that there were no meaningful differences between amateur and professional soccer players in the goal setting/mental preparation,concentration,freedom from worry and coping with adversity subscales of the inventory.
