AUTHOR(S): Omeshwar Sanyal

ABSTRACT:
The aim of the present study is to compare sports emotional intelligence of national, state and district level male badminton players. Total 40 national level male badminton players (Average age 23.12 yrs.), 40 state level male badminton players (Average age 21.82 yrs.), 40 district level male badminton players (Average age 21.02 yrs.) were selected as sample. The sample was collected through convenience sampling method. To assess sports emotional intelligence, five dimensional sports emotional intelligence test prepared by Agashe and Helode (2008) [1] was adopted. Results indicate that sports emotional intelligence was found to be superior in national male badminton players as compared to state and district level male badminton players but the difference in mean scores were not significant for every group. On the basis of results and associated discussion it was concluded that superior sports emotional intelligence is a major variable that influence the performance of male badminton players.

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