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Abstract The purpose of the study was to compare and find out significant differences between athletic and football performers in psychological characteristics.Eighty youth performers i.e 40 football players and forty athletes in the age group of 14-24 years were the subjects for the study. . The goal of the study was to reveal the relationship between psychological skills and performance level with possible effects on the type of sports and gender difference.Youth competitors between the ages of 14-24 years were selected as subjects for the study .Two groups were formed i.e 40 football players and 40 athletes who were regional level participants.The psychological skills inventory for sports was used to collect data.Data were analysed by SPSS 2019 software and for comparison between both games independent T-test SPSS was used. To accomplish the analysis, collected data on the selected dependent variables were compared with computerized software SPSS version 10. It was concluded that Athletic male and football male were different on psychological characteristics of motivation, Athletic female and football female were different on psychological characteristics of motivation and Men and women players in football were different on psychological characteristics of motivation and mental preparation.