Purpose of this study is to assess the General Self-Efficacy of sportsmen of Karnataka University in team
and individual sports events. The sample for the present study were included all male sports persons, who
represented Karnataka University in inter-University level tournaments in various team and individual sports
events. In the team sports events Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Handball, Basketball, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho and
Hockey are included. In the individual sports events Table Tennis, Weight-Lifting, Boxing, Cross-Country,
Athletics, Badminton Judo and Wrestling are included for the present study. 216 sportsmen represented
Calicut University in team sports events and 96 sportsmen represented in individual sports events for two
sessions. General Self-Efficacy scale was administered to all the sample sportsmen for data collection.
Significance differences in general self-efficacy of two groups of sportsmen were determined through ’t’
test. In order to make the two group of sportsmen equal in number 100 sportsmen were selected randomly
from the respective groups. As per the result obtained on the variable of General Self-Efficacy, there is no
significant difference recorded of the sportsmen of team and individual sports event.