SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR AMONG JUDO, TAEKWONDO AND BOXING PLAYERS

Gaurav, Dureja; Gagandeep, Singh

doi:doi:10.15561/20755279.2016.0208

	SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR AMONG JUDO, TAEKWONDO AND BOXING PLAYERS
Authors	Gaurav Dureja http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0508-6387 g_dureja83@yahoo.com Department of Physical Education-TE&L, Post Graduate Government College Madhya Marg, Sector 11D, Chandigarh, 160011, India Gagandeep Singh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7553-4301 g_dureja83@yahoo.com Department of Physical Education-TE&L, Post Graduate Government College Madhya Marg, Sector 11D, Chandigarh, 160011, India
Abstract	Purpose: The present study was designed to measure superstitious behavior among Judo, Taekwondo and Boxing players. Material: Thirty (N=30) male inter-college level players with the age group of 19-25 years were selected through purposive sampling technique to act as subjects from affiliated colleges of Panjab University, Chandigarh. They were further divided into three groups: Group-A [Judo (n=10)], Group-B [Taekwondo (n=10)] and Group-C [Boxing (n=10)]. One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied to find out the differences among judo, taekwondo and boxing players. Where ‘F’ values found significant, Least Significant Differences (LSD) Post-hoc test was applied to find out the direction and degree of difference. Results: The level of significance was set at 0.05. The result revealed significant differences among judo, taekwondo and boxing players on the sub parameters: clothing and appearance, preparation, team ritual and coach. However, no significant differences have been observed on the sub-parameters fetish, game/competition, prayer and parameter superstitious (Total). Conclusions: The obtained results showed significant differences on the sub-parameter Coach among Judo, Taekwondo and Boxing players. While calculating the mean values of entire groups, it has been observed that Boxing players demonstrate significantly better on the sub-parameter Coach. Therefore, it can be ascertained that Boxing players are more confident that coach bring a lucky charm to our game.
Key words	Superstitious behavior; Judo; Taekwondo; Boxing; players;
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Pages	50-59
Volume(Issue)	20(2)
Year	2016
doi:	10.15561/20755279.2016.0208
Title of Journal ISSN 2308-7250 English ed.Online	Physical Education of Students
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