PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES IN SUB-ELITE HANDBALL PLAYERS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

The enhancement of performance of handball players are influenced by their
psychological attributes and also aid in their greater execution of their skills and their
performance. The primary objective of the study was to compare the selected
Psychological attributes which are associated with handball players. For the purpose of
the study, twenty-one (N=21) male Sub-elite handball players of three professional
handball team from Senior State Handball Tournament, Manipur with age 22.5 ± 2.5 were
selected. The following psychological variables were selected: Reaction Speed and Motor
Speed (Reaction Test); Median Reaction Time and Correct Reactions (Determination
Test). The data were collected through the administration of the standardized test in
Vienna Testing System (VTS) to assess the psychological variable among the handball
players. Statistical analysis were performed using Descriptive statistics; ANOVA, and
Post-hoc tests, with a level of significance set at 0.05. For the analysis of data, IBM SPSS
(version 27) software was utilized. The results of the study specify that there were
significant difference on Median Reaction Time and Correct reactions whereas
insignificant differences on Reaction Speed and Motor Speed among the selected three
professional handball team from Senior State Handball Tournament.