ANALYSIS OF MENTAL TOUGHNESS ON CRICKET FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY MEN COLLEGE LEVEL PLAYERS

DR.M.RAMAJAYAM

Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2016

ANALYSIS OF MENTAL TOUGHNESS ON CRICKET FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY MEN COLLEGE LEVEL PLAYERS

Dr. M. Ramajayam

Abstract :

 The best athletes need to be both physically and mentally tough in order to produce successful performance. There is evidence that mental toughness involves the use of various psychological skills enable the best performers to outperform others. To achieve the purpose of the present study (N=45) college men level players were purposively selected from cricket (15), football (15) and hockey (15) Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Maruthi College of Physical Education, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Their age ranged from 20 to 25 years. The players were being tested on mental toughness questionnaire developed by loehr (1992) variables namely focus, competitive desire, resiliency and self confidence. The selected criterion variables mental toughness was collected and treated with one way ANOVA. If obtained ‘F’ ratio was significant scheffe’s post hoc test was used. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05. The study results showed that the cricket players are better mental toughness, focus, competitive desire, resiliency and self confidence compared with football and hockey players.