COMPARISON OF MENTAL TOUGHNESS BETWEEN VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Bindiya Rawat and Deepak Bangari

 ABSTRACT         

The purpose of the study was to compare mental toughness between volleyball and basketball players. A total of eighty (80) players, comprising of 40 volleyball players and 40 basketball players from various universities in Punjab were randomly selected for the study and were shortlisted through purposive sampling. The age of the subjects ranged between 18 to 25 years. To analyse mental toughness of the subjects: Mental toughness Questionnaire (2004) developed by Dr. Alan Goldberg’s was used. To ascertain mental toughness of the subjects, scoring key were referred and to compare volleyball and basketball players on mental toughness t test was applied. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 levels. To compare the data t test was applied for finding the significance difference between volleyball and basketball players on mental toughness showed a significant difference. Therefore, the hypotheses that there will be a significant difference between the mental toughness of volleyball and basketball players have been accepted. The volleyball and basketball players showed significant difference on mental toughness, though basketball Players showed higher mean on mental toughness than volleyball Players.

 Keywords: Mental Toughness, Basketball Players, Volleyball Players.