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A Study of Personality Characteristics Young Kabaddi Players of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, India

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Author Affiliations

  • 1PET Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya-Butana, Sonepat, Haryana, INDIA
  • 2PET Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya-Naultha, Panipat, Haryana, INDIA

Res. J. of Physical Education Sci., Volume 1, Issue (3), Pages 1-4, August,23 (2013)

Abstract

Performance in sports is not only dependent upon various physical or physiological factors but it also depends upon various psychological parameters. The performance in competition is determined by various physiological, morphological, sociological factors. All these factors have direct link with the personality of an individual. Personality characteristics of an individual play an important role in achieving high performance in Kabaddi. Personality effect the performance of the sports persons in various sports. Keeping in view the importance of Personality and Personality characteristics of Kabaddi players on the performance the study focused on the aim to establish relationship between the various Personality characteristics and performance of Young Kabaddi players of school level of Haryana. Comparison of Kabaddi players� personality characteristics was studied and comparison of Kabaddi players National style kabaddi. 16 P.F. questionnaires by Cattle and Eber (1971) were used to collect the data for Personality characteristics assessment of young player of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. Statistical techniques included Mean, S.D �t� test were used to analyze the data. It was observed that the mean of personality characteristics of females in both groups is less than the male kabaddi players playing either circle or national style Kabaddi but not statistically significant.. This means that the characteristics affects the performer performance of kabaddi players negatively or in simpler terms, with the increase in personality characteristics there is decrease in the performance of performer. The greater co-relation in the male Kabaddi players playing national style kabaddi may be attributed to the higher or tougher competition between them.

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