Abstract :
Handball is a strenuous contact Olympic team sports that emphasis on running, jumping, sprinting, throwing,
hitting, blocking and pushing. In this game, movement patterns are characterized as an intermittent which change
continuously in response to the different offensive and defensive situations in which anthropometric characteristics and high levels of strength, muscle power, and handball throwing velocity are the most important factors that give a clear advantage for successful participation in the elite levels of handball leagues. Numerous psychological researches focus on the relationship between the personality and performance, problem still quite controversial, but with implications of both theoretical and practical. The purpose of the study is to find out the influence of the personality traits on shooting ability of the handball players. To achieve this purpose, handball players from Mysore, Kuvempu, Mangalore and Rani Chennamma University are selected as the subjects. Personality trait front shoot test is conducted to measure the shooting ability. The data are statistically analyzed. The results revealed that there is a significant influence of personality on the shooting ability of the handball players.
Author Name : Vishwanatha.C.N & Dr. S Suthakar
DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.245378
Keywords: Personality, Handball, Influence, Skill performance, Shooting Ability.
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