AUTHOR(S): Dr. S Ananth

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study was to examine the mental toughness of players of team games and individual games. For the said objective 30 players from team games and 30 players from individual games of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu who have participated at district level, were randomly selected to serve as subjects. For the collection of data Mental Toughness Questionnaire prepared by Allen Goldberg was administered. The questionnaire was comprised of 60 statements based on hand ling pressure (20 questions), concentration (17 questions), mental rebounding (14 questions) and winning attitude (9 questions). Each statement has two possible responses i.e. true or false. The data were analyzed by using t-test. The significant difference was employed at 0.05 levels. The result of the study concluded that there was a significant difference in mental toughness between the players of team games and individual games. This clearly depicts that the mean value of mental toughness to the team game players were significantly higher than the individual game players.

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