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| Published: March 20, 2024
Age and Resilience Dynamics in University Women Cricketers’: Implications for Cricketing Performance
Research Scholar, Cricket Research Centre, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Visva-Bharati (Central University), West Bengal, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Assistant Professor, Cricket Research Centre, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Visva-Bharati (Central University), West Bengal, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.197.20241201
DOI: 10.25215/1201.197
ABSTRACT
Background: Understanding the psychological resilience of athletes, particularly young female cricketers, is crucial for their success and well-being in competitive sports. This study investigates the relationship between age, resilience, and sports performance among university women cricket players. Methods: A descriptive study focused on female cricketers aged 18 to 25 selected for the East Zone inter-university women’s cricket coaching camp. A brief Resilience Scale was used to measure psychological resilience. The snowball sampling method was used to find participants. It resulted in a sample size of 25. Results: Descriptive statistics revealed that most players exhibited normal to higher levels of resilience, with mean BRS scores falling within the normal resilience range. On average, older players tended to have higher resilience levels, indicating a positive correlation be-tween age and resilience. Graphical representation further illustrated the direct proportion-ality between age and resilience. Conclusion: This study contributes to understanding age and resilience dynamics among young female cricketers, highlighting the importance of resilience in sports success. The results emphasize the necessity of specialized interventions to boost athletes’ psychological toughness and improve their competitive sports performance.
Keywords
Psychological Resilience, Athletes, Age, Sports Performance, Brief Resilience Scale, Female Cricketers
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2024, Mahato, A.K. & Thander, A.
Received: March 08, 2024; Revision Received: March 16, 2024; Accepted: March 20, 2024
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.197.20241201
10.25215/1201.197
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Published in Volume 12, Issue 1, January-March, 2024