A Survey of Psychological Skills in State Level Female and Male Cricket Players

Abstract

The investment in modern sport is affected by different mental, sociological, physical, and physiological components. The trainers and coaches have begun giving more significance to the mental abilities or developing the psychological make of the players before their contacts in the main competition. The distinction among progress and disappointment of two similarly coordinated with competitors relies upon a person's capacity to adapt to the apparent pressure of rivalry. The purpose behind the research study was surveying the psychological skills of state level cricket players in India. The quantity of subjects picked for this examination was 30 male and 30 female cricketers age range between 20 to26. Michel J Mahoney's Psychological Skills Inventory (PSIS) used for psychological surveying. Confidence, Motivation, Concentration, Mental Preparation, Team Emphasis and anxiety were the variables of the investigation. Male and female cricketers have a similar level Anxiety. Female cricketers have fundamentally more elevated level Concentration when contrasted with male cricketers. On Mental Preparation, confidence and Team Emphasis male have fundamentally more elevated level when contrasted with female cricketers. Female and male cricketers have a similar level Motivation. Also, on psychological skills Female and male cricketers have similar degree of Skills. The purpose of this research study is to empower the players, mentors and physical education teachers to know the limits and shortcoming of the players and along these lines assist them with improving further performance on related characteristic.