Contrasting of sports confidence among under 19 cricket teams: A comparative study

Abstract

In this study the sample consist of 60 male Cricketers (15 Cricketer from each team) from 4 different ‘Under 19’ teams (Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Saurashtra) from J.Y. LELE Trophy held at Vadodara (Gujarat) in 2017. In the procedure researcher visited coaches from the various teams that has been selected and explained the nature of the study in the second stage we explained the questionnaire detail to the subjects. At the third stage Trait Sport Confidence Inventory (TSCI) was distributed among subjects approximately 24 hours before the first competition. At the fourth stage State Sport Confidence Inventory (SSCI) was administered to the subjects within 2 hours prior to the start of the competition. The researcher intension was to find out the difference in the cricket teams in there Trait and State Sports confidence, but after the findings the results found in significant in both the inventories i.e. Trait Sports confidence inventory and State Sports confidence inventory. By the help of SPSS software the researcher applied one way ANOVA statistical technique to interpret the results. The calculated value.517 is much lesser than the critical value 2.77 in the Trait Sports confidence inventory, whereas in State Sports confidence inventory the calculated value.298 is much lesser than the critical value 2.77 in both the conditions the null hypothesis is accepted.