Assessment of mental toughness of volleyball players

The purpose of this study was to assess the mental toughness among National Female Volleyball players at different levels of achievement i.e. Senior, Junior, and Sub-Junior National players. A total number of 150 National Female Volleyball players (50 from each category) were randomly selected as subjects for the study. The standardized test to assess Mental Toughness of Volleyball players developed by Alan Goldberg was administered to collect data. The collected data were analyzed using One-way ANOVA and L.S.D. post hoc comparisons to find out the significant difference among the groups. The results revealed significant differences in the mental toughness among the three groups. Senior players exhibited higher mental toughness as compared to Junior and Sub-Junior.