A STUDY OF COMPARISON OF MENTAL TOUGHNESS OF ARMY AND NCC SPORTSMEN OF JAMSHEDPUR

 Dr.  Sambhu Prasad

Abstract

Mental toughness is often referred to as one of the most important psychological attributes underpinning the success of athletes. Although selected studies have examined this common supposition, research in this area has yet to be synthesized. The present study was planned with the objective to compare mean score of mental toughness of army and NCC sportsmen of Jamshedpur City. A survey study was carried out on sixty (n=60), male national or interuniversity level sportsmen, viz thirty from Army and thirty from NCC sportsperson studying in different colleges of Jamshedpur city and the age ranged 20 to 25 years.  To compare mean score of mental toughness of army and NCC sportsmen of Jamshedpur city the data were analyzed with the help of t-test, level of significance was chosen at 0.05. The result shows mean scores of mental toughness of army and NCC sportsmen differ significantly. It can be concluded that the mental toughness was found to be significantly higher in army sportsmen then those of NCC sportsmen. The mental toughness is an important component of psychological skills that should be included in training session in order to achieve excellent performance in competitions.

Keywords: Mental toughness, Army sportsmen and NCC sportsmen