A Study of Athletic Intelligence Attributes in Selected Sports

When the high performance in sports is discussed, the concept of Athletic Intelligence originates; because of the gap in understanding which skills representing athletic performance these conceptions are wide. So, the researcher has made an effort to assess the athletic intelligence attributes in selected sports. The study was conducted on a total of one Hundred sports persons, but for the final evaluation only fifty four subjects were considered, those who have played at least college level using purposive sampling studying in the Delhi University with age ranged from 17 years and above. The Athletic Intelligence was assessed by a questionnaire “Attribute Rating Scale” developed by “Johan Erikson” (2007). A Strong Reliability value of the questionnaire was obtained on Indian population as Cronbach’s alpha was 0.75. The different attributes have been noticed in different sports. The highest rated attributes of athletic intelligence were found to be more contributing in performance. In contrast, the lowest rated attributes were found to be comparatively less or not at all contributing in the performance of the selected sports. The overall highest rated attribute among the selected sports was to take quick decisions which is a metacognitive attribute (6.32). Whereas, the lowest rated attribute was to criticize fellow players which is a physical attribute (4.93). An overview has revealed that the highest emphasis is given on the meta-cognitive, second highest to technical and the physical variable has been rated lowest. Hence, it can be concluded that by working out on the highest rated athletic intelligence attributes, performance in selected sports can be effectively raised.