ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Year : 2014, Volume : 4, Issue : 1
First page : ( 288) Last page : ( 292)
Online ISSN : 2231-5780.

A comparative study of personality of boxing sportsmen with reference to their sport's achievement

Dr. Bhardwaj Rajesh Kumar

Assistant Professor, Deptt. Of Physical Education, M.G.K.M. Shahi Sports College of Physical Education Jhakroudi, Samrala {Punjab}

Online published on 11 April, 2014.

Abstract

Background

The aim of study was to compare the personality among boxing high achiever and boxing low achiever players with reference to their sport's achievement.

Material & Methods

To achieve the purpose of the study (25) boxing high achiever and (25) boxing low achiever Northern Indian Universities male players participated in North Zone Inter-University//Inter Zone University boxing high achiever and boxing high achiever tournaments were randomly selected as subjects. The age range of the subjects was 16 -28 years. In the selected (25) boxing high achiever and (25) boxing low achiever male players- 25 were high achiever and 25 were low achiever players in game. First, second and third position holders were considered as high achievers and others were considered as low achievers. To assess the personality of selected subjects the Meenakshi Personality Inventory (M.P.I.) developed by Dr. Meenakshi Bhatnagar was administered. The ‘t’ test was used to compare the personality between boxing high achiever and boxing low achiever male players. Further the level of significance was set at 0.05 levels.

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Keywords

Boxing, Personality, Achievement Sportsman.

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