A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MENTAL TOUGHNESS AND WILL TO WIN AMONG BATSMEN AND BOWLERS IN CRICKET
Abstract
The study was conducted to investigate the mental toughness and will to win between batsmen and bowlers in cricket. To obtain data for this study, the researcher had selected (N=40) male cricketers of 18 to 28 years of age group (20.17 ± 2.37 years) to act as subjects. They were further divided into two groups which includes twenty (n= 20) batsmen and twenty (n=20) bowlers. The purposive sampling technique was used to obtain the required data. All the subjects, after having been briefed about the objective and protocol of the study, gave their consent and volunteered to participate in this study. Mental toughness was measured with questionnaire developed by Goldberg (1998) and Will to win was measured with questionnaire prepared by Kumar and Shukla (1988). It is concluded from the findings that no significant differences were found between batsmen and bowlers on the sub-variables i.e. confidence, concentration, handling pressure, reboundability, motivation, overall mental toughness and will to win.
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