An assessment of psychological-foundation Skills College level football players
Author(s): Dr. Man Singh and Anil Kumar
Abstract: The study's aim was to evaluate and contrast the cognitive abilities selected variables i.e., Foundation Skills, which has the sub variables such as- Goal setting, Confidence and Commitment, of Strikers and Midfielders of Intercollegiate Football Players of University of Delhi. The research was carried out on a purposeful subjects 60 participants from the University of Delhi. The Two sets of participants were further separated out: Strikers (N=30) and Midfielders (N=30). The current study included only male subjects. The individuals’ ages ranged from 18 to 25. The researcher examined the mental profiles of strikers and midfielders using a validated instrument. The researcher used the (OMSAT-3Version 2-2). Independent Sample ‘t’ Test conducted on the collected data aimed to compare the mental skills selected variable i.e., Foundation Skills, of strikers and midfielders to ascertain "if the two player roles differed significantly from one another. The outcomes showed that no discernible variations were seen in Foundation Skills between strikers and midfielders at a significance level of 0.05. This conclusion was based on the p-values obtained from the statistical analysis, which was greater than the significance level of 0.05.