Objective of the study was to profile the volleyball players` mental health variations versus the ovarian menstrual cycles and offer the ovarian menstrual cycle customized mental health sensitive training system. The ovarian menstrual cycle customized trainings were designed to mitigate the physical and mental stresses in the `problematic` (premenstrual, menstrual and ovular) phases of an ovarian menstrual cycle by the eased reasonably individualized technical and tactical trainings. The trainees` mental statuses were tested under the study by the Gissen`s questionnaire survey to obtain the subjectively rated ailments/ pains, wellbeing, activity, mood and overall mental health rates. The new ovarian menstrual cycle customized mental health sensitive training system was tested beneficial as verified by the following physical and mental progress in the Experimental Group (EG): falls in the subjectively rated ailments/ pains associated with the reportedly improved pain tolerance; improvements in the wellbeing, activity and mood due to the ovarian menstrual cycle -sensitive training process; and the notable competitive progress as demonstrated by the competitive success statistics for the last six month. On the whole, the EG was tested with high mental health standards due to the training system customization. The ovarian menstrual cycle -cycle-specific destructive behaviors, excessive sensitivity to criticism, proneness to conflicts, nervousness, irritability, verbal aggression etc. were kept at reasonably low levels. Therefore, the new ovarian menstrual cycle customized mental health sensitive training system was tested beneficial for the mental health maintenance and improvement purposes and, hence, for the competitive performance on the whole.
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