AUTHOR(S): Dr. Hanumanthayya Pujari

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the present study was to compare the level of Mental Health among the male and Female Athletes who represented inter-collegiate competitions. Unless the players are prepared mentally and psychologically for the contest, they are not able to achieve the desired results. The psychological training has to be provided to the players by the coaches to face stressful situation occurring during the competition. In modern competitive sports, psychological preparation of a team is as important as teaching them the different skills of a game with scientific methods. In these days, the teams are prepared not only to play, but to win the games. And for winning the games, it is not only the proficiency in the skills, which matters, but also the spirit and attitude of the players with which they play. The mental attitude of each individual player as well as of the team can help or hinder their performance. Most of the coaches agree that the physical characteristics, skills and training of the players are extremely important, but they also feel that good mental or psychological preparation for competition is a necessary component for success. Games and sports provided to do mostly same the body activities. For this 30 male and 30 female subjects were selected from Gulbarga University Kalburgi. Their age ranged between 21 to 25 years. The Mental Health Inventory is administered on the subjects. The results of the study are analyzed. It was hypothesized that There would be significant difference between in the Mental Health level of Male and Female athletes. For analysis of the data mean, standard deviation and‘t’ test was applied. Level of significance set was .05 level. Result shows that there was a significant difference found in Mental Health among the male and Female Athletes.

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