Abhishek Verma

Sports are psycho-social activity. It has both psychological and social dimensions besides physical, physiological and technical aspects. Man's interest in sports is found among all the society of the world. Most of the nations share a common interest in sports is found among all the society of the world where interest in sport competition, especially during Olympic games, the people from all nations focus their attention on the drama of competition. But the quality of participation of the athletes and sportsmen is determined by their psychological factors. In contrast in individual sports, athletes are depends on to their abilities. In individual sports, performance criteria is one dimensional while in group sports performance depends on the teammates performance, but in team sports, athletes are involved with teammates and spending many amount of practicing with teammates and have more interaction with others and cooperating with peers, in contrast individual sports, spending many amount of time alone in practicing. The word aggression comes from the Latin root aggredi, ad (to or toward) and gradior (walk). Literally, then the word means to walk towards or approach to 'move against” or to “move with intent to hurt or harm”. The major problem when studying aggression in sports is in finding an acceptable universal definition. Johnson (1972) quoted that aggressive behavior has been associated with destructive acts, sexual attack, prejudice, speech, genital activity.