IJAR - Indian Journal of Applied Research

T. Thanemozhi; Dr. Mrs. J. Glory Darling Margaret

Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2015

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILLS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS IN TAMILNADU DURING PRACTICE AND COMPETITION CONDITIONS

T. Thanemozhi, Dr. Mrs. J. Glory Darling Margaret

Abstract :

Thepurpose of thestudy wasto analyze the Psychological Skills between men and women volleyball players in Tamilnadu during practice and competition condition. To achieve the purpose of the study the investigator selected 24 men volleyball players and 24 women volleyball players from Tamilnadu in the age group of 18–25 years. Psychological skills were assessed by Test of Performance Strategy(TOPS) Questionnaire authored byThomas, Murphy, and Hardy (1999). It is a self–reportinstrument designed to measure specific psychological skills used by athletes during practice and competition conditions. It consists of eight subscales in the practice portion and eight in the competition portion. Within each of the 16 subscales, there are four items resulting in a total of 112 items. The maximum score on each section (practice and competition of the TOPS is 160 (Frey et al., 2003). A higher score indicates a greater use of psychological skills.The results showed that women volleyball players were found better than men volleyball players in automaticity and relaxation variables of performance strategies during practice condition and in automaticity, goal setting and activation in competition condition.