Vol. 2, Issue 2, Part A (2016)

Abstract
The objective of this study was to compare emotional intelligence among players of selected team games. For the study 60 subjects (18 from two groups i.e., Soccer and Hockey and 12 from two groups Basketball and Volleyball) were Purposive selected from intervarsity players who represented Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior. The age of the subjects was ranged from 17 to 25 years as a subject for this study. Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) developed by Anukol Hude, Sanjyot Prthe and Upinder Dharwas used for measuring the Emotional Intelligence. For data analysis responses were expressed as mean and standard deviation one way ANOVA test was performed for comparison between groups. The level of significance was set as 0.05 levels to test the hypothesis. The results clearly indicate that there is no significant mean difference among players of selected team games in terms of emotional intelligence. From the analysis of results it can be concluded that the selected team games namely Soccer, hockey, basketball and volleyball were found similar type of Emotional Intelligence.