Author(s): Dr. Pramod Kumar Yadav and CD Agashe

Abstract:
The athletic coping skill is a major area of research in sports psychology. This study was carried out to assess coping skills of medal winner national male fencers of India. To conduct the study 25 medal winner national male fencers (Average age 22.92 years) were selected. For comparative purpose, another set of 25 non-medal winner national fencers (Average age 23.11 years) were also selected. The athletic coping skills inventory of Smith et al. (1995) was used to collect data in this study. Results reveal significant difference in coping skills of medal winner national male fencers and non medal winner national male fencers. It was concluded that medal winner national male fencers posses a superior capacity in the form of coping skills as compared to non-medal winner national male fencers.

Pages: 101-103  |  1125 Views  272 Downloads

Download Full Article: Click Here