A Study of Personality Dimensions in Sports Performance

Predicting the likely hood of success in a promising junior athlete in to an accomplished senior performer has been dream of every recruiter in sports or any other job. Personality attributes feature quite prominent in important life outcomes; as in academic achievement (Ferguson & James, 2000) vocational choice,as well as in sports and exercise related behavior, (Aidman & Chofield, 2004, Auweele et al, 2000). A wide variety of personality variables have been found to be associated in levels of achievement (Davis & Mogak, 1994; Kirkcadly, 1982) in a number of sports , including basketball (Evans & Quarterman, 1983), hockey (William & Parkman, 1980), football (Wilson & Freeman, 1986). Growing evidence suggest that emotional stability is associated with athletic success (Garfield & Bennett, 1984; Terry, 1995). Researches also reveal that successful outcome by and large attributed to stable, controllable and internal causes (Robinson & Howe1, 987). Extroverts have been found to excel in sports Eysenck (1995). In sports information processing style of the sports person is important. How the players perceive the game and respond to it. A person high on field independence is said to seek differentiated information with well distinguished parts, where as field dependent person lacks internal organization ability. The field independent players have been found to be more physically active (Liu.w., 2006; Guillet & Collet, 2004; Lu & Suen, 1995; Skaggs et al, 1990).