Study of Self-Confidence of Intercollegiate Basketball Players of Meerut

Abstract

A self-confidence profile of intercollegiate basketball players was constructed in the present study. To conduct the study 80 intercollegiate male basketball players were selected as sample. The age range of selected male basketball players was between 18 to 25 years. Purposive sampling was used in the present study. Pandey's Self-confidence Inventory was used to evaluate self-confidence of the selected subjects. The chi square test result indicates that majority of the male intercollegiate basketball players of Meerut did not have belief in their own abilities. It was concluded that psychological counselling may be needed to enhance self-confidence of intercollegiate male basketball players Meerut.