Assessment of psychological profiles of junior National male hockey players

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to prepare psychological profiles of Junior National level Hockey players. For the purpose of this study a total of 240 Junior National Male Hockey Players were selected as subjects. The subjects were the team members of different States and Union Territories of India who were participated in the Junior National Hockey Tournament. For the collection of data, the scholar requested the coaches and team managers of participating teams of different States. The subjects were in the range of 1619 years of age as a result no difficulty was encountered in administering the psychological inventories and questionnaires as all were relevant to the 15+ age groups. For the purpose of the study, the subjects were considered as the true representative of the entire male Junior Hockey population of India at the time of their assessment of the psychological profile based on the selected psychological variables. In the present study, care was taken to pinpoint very specific psychological characteristics of the game of Hockey in order to select the psychological variables which are not only relevant to the present study but were closely related to the purpose of the study. Therefore, based on the literary evidence, correspondences, and discussions held with the prominent sports psychologists and scholar’s own understanding the following psychological variables were selected to prepare the psychological profile of Junior National level Hockey players for the purpose of this study; Anxiety, Achievement Motivation, Personality, and Visual Perception. The data were analyzed and the mean and standard deviation were calculated to know the psychological profiles of the players.