A Study on Psychological Characteristics of Cricket Players based on their Specialist Roles

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• To study on cricketers' psychological traits according to their specialist functions, such as fielding, bowling and wicket keeping.

The goal of the research was to examine the physical and mental skill at participation level in Cricket of men. The way the different experiment specifics are treated the final conclusion of the issue.

In order to satisfy this goal, 410 respondents were chosen to meet the criteria. Data was obtained from separate cricket clubs of the 1st division and 2nd division which are associated with the Cricket League Association.

ANALYSIS OF RESULTS

Section one: Background information on the respondents

In Figures 1, we see the sample's demographic variables. A total of 410 cricket players from three different levels of competition were included in the study. Over half (56%) of those polled have cricket experience at the Premier League or senior academy level. Of those who participated, around 30.7% were junior academy players and 15.7% were senior provincial players. Table 1: Level of Participation in Cricket

PSYCHOLOGICAL VIEWPOINTS

Respondents were asked to judge how helpful they found the provided psychological context information using a four-point Likert scale. As mentioned before, we utilised cross-tabulations using chi-square analysis to look for correlations between respondents' frequency of cricket competition and their estimations of the role of psychological abilities in the sport.

a. 10 cells (66.7%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is .16. Table shows that 73.5% of the young cricketers academy players agreed with this assertion. Seventy-five percent of those surveyed agreed that senior provincial players were somewhere in the middle. The chi-square test indicated that there is no link between activity level and this impression.

Figure 2: Mental Competencies Represented by Participants' Highest Recorded Scores Figure 2 displays the results of both psychometric tests, revealing which mental abilities were most highly valued by competitors across all three levels of competition. There is a correlation between success in cricket and a set of mental abilities including motivation, coachability, self-confidence, the capacity for mental images, the capacity for focused attention, and the ability to perform at one's top under pressure.

CONCLUSION

These results demonstrate the necessity and need for PST at all levels of cricket competition, but also show how PST is often overlooked by coaches and players. Players at all levels of the sport's competition lack an adequate understanding of the psychological aspects at play, thus they don't put in the necessary work to develop the necessary mental abilities. Because of this, it is clear that the participants' psychological history information does not vary much among the three involvement levels.

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