INFLUENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND LEVEL OF ASPIRATION ON THE SPORTS PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED NATIONAL LEVEL SPORTS PERSONS 

Dr. Kanhaiya Kumar Singh and Mrs. Neena Sandhu

Abstract

The influence of various psychological variables on sports performance has been observed in sports and exercise and extensively investigated in sports psychology. This investigation was conducted to determine the influence of Mental Health and Level of aspiration on the sports performance of national level Players. Statistical Analysis: One way statistical analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to find out the significant differences among the groups. Result showed that Socio-economic status doesn’t influence their sports performance but medalist and participants are alike with respect to their other mental factors. It is concluded that mental health factors influences the sports performance.  Level of aspiration have three major factors GDS, ADS and NTRS,  all fours  groups GDS,ADS and NTRS, score are almost same, so it is concluded that players are not capable to set their goal as per their potential.

Keywords:  Medalist, Discrepancy, GDS, ADS and NTRS