Author(s): Dr. Chhaya Chaudhary

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the comparative result of the Psychological Profiles of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana District and National Level Male Hockey Players. The subject’s age ranged between 18-25 years, they all were selected randomly from the States of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana U-19, U-22 Hockey teams, and the experts has made two groups of 49-49 players, one group made up of Uttar Pradesh Hockey players and another group made up of Haryana Hockey players, those who are continuously participating at District and National level Hockey Tournaments. The experts used questionnaires of Rainer and Martin’s Sports Competition Anxiety Test and the Eysenck, Maudsley Personality Inventory; the questions addressed various aspects of Sports Competition Anxiety and Personality traits of Hockey players respectively. The questionnaire has filled by Uttar Pradesh and Haryana U-19 & U-22 Hockey Teams players respectively. For the evaluation of questionnaire Two Sample T- test was employed, and the findings reveled that there was a significant difference found i.e., 2.8 in their Personality parameters, it means Uttar Pradesh Hockey Players were better in their Personality as compare to Haryana Hockey Players and found insignificant i.e. 0.11 in the SCAT, which means there was no difference in Sports Competition Anxiety of Uttar Pradesh Hockey players and Haryana Hockey Players. Sports Psychology can help a lot in assessing the personality and sports anxiety characteristics of the players or individuals performance in Hockey not only demands systematic training to develop physical and physiological variables but also demands training and considerations of psychological characteristics for success in this field.

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