December 2010

Anthropometric characteristics, somatotyping and body composition of volleyball and basketball players

  The purpose of the study was to compare the anthropometric characteristics and somatotype of the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar’s male basketball players and volleyball players. Sixty three sportspersons (volleyball = 36 and basketball = 27) of age group 18-25 years were selected from different colleges affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India. All the...

Author(s): Vishaw Gaurav, Mandeep Singh and Sukhdev Singh

November 2010

Achievement motivation and locus of control of university level individual and team sport players- A prognostic study

  The aim of this study is to find out the significant differences among the players of individual and team sports, on the variable achievement motivation and locus of control. A group of three hundred and fifty (N=350) male players of individual and team sports, aged between 20 to 25 years were purposively selected for this study. They were further divided into two groups: A...

Author(s):   Baljinder Singh Bal, Bhupinder Singh and Onkar Singh