Relationship of Selected Psychological and Physical Performance Variables to Playing Ability of Women Ball Badminton Players

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the relationship of selected psychological and physical performance variables to playing ability of women Ball badminton players. Purposive sampling design was used in this study. For this purpose forty (N=40) university level women Ball badminton players at the age of 18 to 23 years were selected from Kerala. The psychological variables selected for the study were anxiety, aggression and concentration. The anxiety and aggression of the players were measured by using standardized questionnaire that sports competitive anxiety test and aggression test and concentration measured by using concentration grid. The physical performance variables selected for the study were agility, reaction time, flexibility, speed of movement, hand power, back power and leg power. agility was assessed by shuttle relay, reaction time was assessed by nelson hand reaction time test, flexibility was assessed by sit and reach test, strength/power were assessed by using hand grip dynamometer, back strength dynamometer and leg standing dynamometer. The data were statistically analyzed by Pearson product movement correlation was used to compute correlation between psychological and physical performance variables to playing ability of women Ball badminton players. The findings indicated that the correlation coefficient of anxiety and playing ability (-0.06), aggression and playing ability (0.21) were found not to be significant at 0.05 level of confidence. But in the case of concentration and playing ability (0.37) was found to be significant. The findings indicated that the correlation coefficient of agility and playing ability (0.06), reaction time and playing ability (-0.23), flexibility and playing ability (0.08), speed of movement and playing ability (-0.20), hand power and playing ability (-0.04), back power and playing ability (-0.09) and leg power and playing ability (0.24) were found to be not significant at 0.05 level of confidence.

Relationship of psychology to playing ability and Relationship of physical performance to playing abil