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Mental factor is one of the factors that should be prepared to achieve high performing athlete. In the athlete rehearsal preparation, mental toughness condition needs to be identified to keep the athletes fit when they have some difficulties in a match, feel the pressure during the match, and take behavior control, so that they will not get stressed easily. This study aims to find whether age, gender, and match experience affect the athlete's mental toughness. The study was done to 174 (age = 19.69 ± 2.89) martial art athletes in Bekasi who were preparing themselves for a province/regional level match (PORPROV West Java 2022). Instrument of mental toughness refers to mental toughness dimension namely: control, commitment, challenge, and confidence. Data were analysed by using multiple logistic regression and cross tab. The result shows that mental toughness of martial art athletes was influenced by gender and match experience. Most of them are on the high level of mental toughness, and the majority is the men at the age of 19 to 22 who have experience in doing a national match. In addition, the relationship observed in this study emphasizes the need of coping and optimism training in mental toughness intervention.

This study aims to determine the results of bowling cricket training for U-17 athletes in DKI Jakarta. This research was conducted at the Faculty of Sports Science, State University of Jakarta as a training ground for cricket athletes for U-17 athletes in DKI Jakarta. The research method used is descriptive quantitative research method and the technique used is survey. This study aims to determine the level of success and failure of the throwing skills of the DKI Jakarta U-17 cricket athlete team. The technique of this research is a survey, calculated from each throwing ability carried out in the form of a percentage of success. The trick is to calculate the success and failure of the ability to throw. The population in this study were all novice athletes who participated in the DKI Jakarta Cricket training, totaling 27 athletes. The data from the athletes' bowling test revealed that at the initial training stage of less than 6 months the training was still slow, namely the category of lacking in bowling techniques, while at the 2-year training stage it had entered the strong/good category.

Mental toughness is one of psyichological factors when athlete doing training or match. The function of mental toughness is to keep the atlethes fit when they have some difficulties in a match, feel the pressure during the match, and take behavior control so that they will not get stressed easily. This research aims to know mental toughness condition of the athletes through the age and gender. Data analysis techniques that we used for this research are descriptive statistic and cross tab. The sample was taken from 174 martial art atheletes (Age = 19.69 ± 2.89 ). Instrument of mental toughness refers to mental toughness dimension made by Clogh et al. (2001) which is; control, commintment, challenge, and confidence. The result of this research shows that most of them are on the high level of mental thoughness, and the majority is the men at the age of 19 to 22. In addition, the relationship that we observed in this study emphasized the need of coping and optimism training in mental toughness intervension.

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