Volume 28, Issue 4
DOI: 10.53555/03276716.2019.1150
The Comparative Study Of Football Players With Varying Playing Positions On Mental Toughness And Athletic Coping Skill
Abstract
The study aimed to compare the psychological traits of football players who competed in the Inter Collegiate Football championship of University of Calicut based on their position on the playing field. The study employed a purposeful sampling technique. 133 male football players who competed in intercollegiate tournaments for the University of Calicut in the academic year 2016–2017 were included in the sample under analysis. The subjects' ages varied from eighteen to twenty-five. Defenders(n = 43), midfielders (n = 43), and forwards (n = 47) were the three groups of subjects based on their position on the Competitions. In order to gauge the respondents' psychological traits, an online standard questionnaire comprising standardized scales measuring mental toughness and athletic coping skill was distributed to the Subjects. The result of this investigation concluded there is a significant changes in the case of mental toughness but no significant in Athletic Coping skill
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