Comparative Analysis of Selected Psychological Traits Between National and International Wrestlers of India

A Comparative Study of Psychological Traits in Indian Wrestlers

Abstract

Wrestling represents one of the oldest forms of combat.Literary references to it occur as early as in the Iliad, in which Homerrecounts the Trojan War of the 13th or 12th century B.C. Theorigins of wrestling go back 15,000 years through cave drawings in France.Babylonian and Egyptian reliefs show wrestlers using most of the holds known inthe present-day sport.