Abstract :
In this research, we present the profile of the mental toughness of field hockey players in domicile (rural and
urban) identifying and similarities of differences in domicile of field hockey players rural (n = 83) and urban (n =58) who have participated in south zone inter University level field hockey tournament for the academic year 2010 – 2011, were examined by the questionnaire of MTQ 18. There in age ranged from 18-24 years. Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ) was developed by Loehr et.al. (1992) assess the mental toughness of players. The collected data were statistically analyzed by using in one way analysis of variance. From the obtained results lead to conclude that, the domicile has no significant impact on mental toughness. In analyzing the sources behind this, it was observed that, most of the players have been migrated from rural and urban areas. In such a way, though a player is basically being the rural as they adapted with urban environment surroundings, which might be a source for getting such a insignificant mean differs on mental toughness.
Author Name : Dr. G.Jeyavelmurugan & Dr.N.Sathish Babu
Keywords: Mental Toughness, Rural, Urban, Hockey Players.
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