Assessment of sports perfectionism mental skills and perception of quality performance among selected team game athletes

Abstract

This survey study aimed to assess sports perfectionism, mental skills, and perception of quality performance among selected team game athletes of basketball, handball and volleyball. The sample consists of four hundred and fifty (450) subjects, Basketball -150 (75 male and 75 female), Handball-150 (75 male and 75 female) and Volleyball-150 (75 male and 75 female) who had participated in the All-India Inter-university competitions and were studying at various Universities of India. Random sampling technique was applied for the selection of the subjects. The age of the subjects was ranged between 16 to 23 years. Tools including the Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-2, Mental Skill Questionnaire, and Athlete s Perceptions of Quality Performance during Practice were used for assessment. Female volleyball athletes exhibited better personal standards, perceived pressure, overall sports perfectionism and mental skills and perception of quality performance compared to their counterparts in handball and basketball. Furthermore, differences were observed between male and female athletes within each sport, particularly in perceived pressure, mental skills, and aspects of sports perfectionism. However, similar levels of perception of quality performance were noted across genders within each sport. newline