A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILLS IN HANDBALL PERFORMANCE BETWEEN SUCCESSFUL AND NON SUCCESSFUL TEAMS

<p><span>The main purpose of the study was to compare the athletic coping skills between the players<br>of successful and non-successful Handball Team. To achieve the purpose, a total of 80 Handball players<br>(successful team players= 40, and non-successful team players= 40) were selected randomly from the<br>affiliated colleges of Kerala University, Kerala. The age of the subject were ranged from 20-25 years.<br>The players of successful and non successful handball Team according to the position in the Kerala<br>University Intercollegiate Handball Tournament during the year 2013. The athletic psychological skills<br>such as Confidence & Achievement Motivation, Peaking under pressure & concentration were selected as<br>criterion variables for the study. Athletic coping skills were measured through athletic coping skills<br>inventory -28 (ACSI-28) questionnaires, and it was developed by Smith et Al in the year of 1995. Static<br>group comparison design was used. All the subjects were tested on selected criterion variables. The<br>collected data were statistically analyzed by using independent ‘t’ ratio. The level of significance was fixed<br>at .05 level of confidence for all the cases to test the hypotheses. In conclusion, there was a significant<br>difference exists between successful and non successful handball players on peaking under pressure there<br>was a no significant difference exists between successful and non successful handball players on<br>confidence & achievement motivation, concentration. Successful handball players were found strong in<br>all selected athletic coping skills when compared to non successful handball players.</span> </p>