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The systematic study of individuals and their actions in a sporting environment, as well as the application of that information, is known as sports psychology. The systematic study of individuals and their actions in a sporting environment, as well as the application of that information, is known as sports psychology. Sports psychologists are aware of the ideas and recommendations that experts may use to support adults and individual nature. The sports psychologists have two goals in mind: (a) to comprehend how psychological factors affect a person's physical presentation; and (b) to compare how participation in sport and other extracurricular activities influences a person's psychological growth, health, and well-being. Sports psychology focuses on increasing performance in order to better manage emotions and reducing the psychological effects of injuries and poor performance. Goal-setting, relaxation, visualization, self-talk, awareness and control, attention, confidence, employing rituals, attribution training, and periodization are some of the most crucial skills that are taught. Personality is described in sports psychology along with how personality impacts athletic performance. The traits that make a person distinctive collectively make up their personality. Sport psychologists and researcher have been interested in personality and the possible implications it might have on sports participation and performance since the late 1800s. The narrowband method in sports psychology can describe personality types and divide them into type A and type B. A person who lacks tolerance for others, is impatient, and exhibits high levels of anxiety. Have a strong drive to compete, a high level of motivation to attain goals, a constant hurry to finish tasks, and a willingness to multitask when faced with severe time limits. People who are more laid-back might also be categorised as type B individuals possess low levels of personal worry, are also tolerant of others, and exhibit higher levels of creativity and inventiveness. Effects of sports performance on type A and type B personality types and effective athletic performance are directly correlated. The personality of a person in the world of sports is known as their sports-specific personality. This comprises personality traits including agreeableness, assertiveness, extraversion, conventionality, self-concept, and emotional stability. Central universities are among the primary choice of higher education for any student in the given course. However, the limited number and location of these institutes limits the enrollment of the aspirants. On the other hand, State Universities are the main source for catering the needs of students for Higher Education. Every year, large number of students gets admission in the B.P.Ed. course conducted by both types of universities. Their training aims at development of their aptitude and sports specific personality for becoming successful teacher in the future. Keeping the importance of personality in professional endeavour in mind, the present study was planned to study about their current personality status and compare it to get the idea about the significance of selection/ training of institute in sports personality development of the future physical education teachers.

Ajit Kumar Kantilal Parmar,Dr. Trusha R. Desai (2020) The present study has been designed to investigate the Sports  Specific Personality among Sportspersons about their gender and type of game. Total sample of 120 sportspersons (60 Boys and 60 Girls) age range 16-23 years using the purposive sampling technique equally divided gender-wise and as per individual games and team games they played from Ahmedabad and Surat District for Gujarat state. Sports Specific Personality Test constructed and standardized by Dr. Agya Jit Singh and Dr.  H.  S.  Cheema (2010) was used as a tool to collect the data. Statistical analysis Mean, Standard Deviation (S.D), and ‘t’ test was used. The findings of the result show that there was no significant difference in the Sports Specific Personality of Boys Sportspersons and Girls Sportspersons. A significant difference was found in the Sports Specific Personality of Sportspersons playing Individual Games and Team Games. Sportspersons playing Team Games found high Sports Specific Personality than Sportspersons playing Individual Games.

Pampa Barik and Dr. Rajarshi Kar (2019) Conducted a study to compare personality traits among different categories of sports. Data was collected from eighty participants where twenty participants from each group (Invasion games, Target games, Net/Wall games, Striking/Fielding games) were randomly selected. Sports specific personality test by Agya Jit Singh and H.S Cheema was used to assess seven dimensions of Sports Specific Personality Traits such as Sociability, Dominance, Extroversion, Conventionality, Self-Concept, Mental Toughness, and Emotional Stability. One Way ANOVA found no significant difference in Sociability, Dominance, Extroversion, Self Concept, and Emotional Stability but significant difference was found in Conventionality and Mental Toughness. LSD Post Hoc test revealed that Conventionality in Invasion Games was significantly lower than both Target games (p=.000) and Striking/Fielding games (p=.012). The mental toughness of Striking/ Fielding Games was significantly higher than Net/Wall games (p=.004).

Subjects: For the purpose of this study total 200 male Physical Education Students of studying in B.P.Ed. course-100 male Physical Education from central universities (H.N.B. Garhwal University and Delhi University) and 100 male Physical Education students from State Universities (Agra University and Lucknow University) age ranged between 20 to 25 years were selected as the subjects for the study. After taking their consent, orientation about the purpose of study and tool to be used, the data was collected from the student. Methodology: Questionnaire method was used to collect the data. Sports Specific Personality Test developed by Dr. Agya Jit singh and H.S. Cheema (2010) this questionnaire consists of total 100 items that measure the Personality. There are seven sub-categories of the Sports Specific Personality in this test, i.e., Sociability, Dominance, Extroversion, Conventionality, Self-Concept, Mental Toughness and Emotional Stability. Only ‘Always,' ‘Often’, ‘Sometimes’,’ Never response options are there in this questionnaire and subject has to tick only one. Before filling up the questionnaire necessary instructions were given and questions were explained to the subjects.

For the analysis of collected data various Descriptive and Inferential statistical techniques were applied. In descriptive statistics, Mean, and standard deviation (S.D) was computed for selected psychological variables. To compare the different group’s means in inferential statistics independent t-test was computed. The level of significance was set at 0.05.

The results of the study are presented in following Tables-

Table-1

Descriptive statistics of Sports Specific Personality Test for Male Physical Education Students of Central Universities and State Universities 

Variable	Subject University	N	Mean	Std. Deviation	Std. Error Mean
Sociability	Central Universities	100	47.12	5.86	0.58
	State Universities	100	46.17	4.61	0.46
Dominance	Central Universities	100	42.19	4.78	0.47
	State Universities	100	42.31	3.46	0.34
Extroversion	Central Universities	100	38.08	4.73	0.47
	State Universities	100	39.95	3.54	0.35
Conventionality	Central Universities	100	38.38	4.74	0.47
	State Universities	100	40.63	3.76	0.37
Self-Concept	Central Universities	100	41.78	5.09	0.50
	State Universities	100	42.67	3.70	0.37
Mental Toughness	Central Universities	100	42.75	5.10	0.51
	State Universities	100	42.47	4.28	0.42
Emotional Stability	Central Universities	100	43.17	5.55	0.55
	State Universities	100	43.37	4.50	0.45

It is evident from table-1 that mean and S.D of Sociability for Male Physical Education Students of Central Universities and State Universities is (47.12±5.86), and (46.17±4.61), respectively. It is indicated from table that mean and S.D of Dominance for Male Physical Education Students of Central Universities and State Universities is (42.19±4.73), and (39.95±3.46), respectively. It is evident from table that mean and S.D of Extraversion for Male Physical Education Students of Central Universities and State Universities is (38.08±5.86), and (39.95±3.54), respectively. It is evident from table that mean and S.D of Conventionality for Male Physical Education Students of Central Universities and State Universities is (38.38±4.74), and (40.63±3.76), respectively. It is evident from table that mean and S.D of Self-Concept for Male Physical Education Students of Central Universities and State Universities is (41.78±5.09), and (42.67±3.70), respectively. It is indicated from table that mean and S.D of Mental Toughness for Male Physical Education Students of Central Universities and State Universities is (42.75±5.10), and (42.47±4.28), respectively. It is indicated from table that mean and S.D of Emotional Stability for Male Physical Education Students of Central Universities and State Universities is (43.17±5.55), and (43.37±4.50), respectively.

Mean Difference of Sports Specific Personality Test for Male Physical Education Students of Central Universities and State Universities 

Table-2

Comparison of Sports Specific Personality Test for Male Physical Education Students of Central Universities and State Universities.

Variable	N	Mean difference	St.D	t-Value	Df	p-Value
Sociability	100	0.95	0.74	1.27	198	0.20
Dominance	100	0.12	0.59	0.20	198	0.83
Extroversion	100	1.87	0.59	3.16	198	0.02
conventionality	100	2.25	0.60	3.71	198	0.00
Self-Concept	100	0.89	0.62	1.41	198	0.15
Mental Toughness	100	0.28	0.66	0.42	198	0.67
Emotional Stability	100	0.20	0.71	0.28	198	0.78

Significant at 0.05 level with df=198 Tabt_0.05 (198) = 0.195

It is revealed from the table-2 that the t-value is 1.27 which is not significant at 0.05 level of significance with 198 degree of freedom (p-value = 0.20). It reveals the mean difference is (0.95) of Sociability between male Physical Education students of Central Universities and State Universities.  It is indicated that the t-value is 0.20 which is not significant at 0.05 level of significance with 198 degree of freedom (p-value = 0.83). It reveals the mean difference is (0.12) of Dominance between male Physical Education students of Central Universities and State Universities.  It is indicated that the t-value is 1.41 which is not significant at 0.05 level of significance with 198 degree of freedom (p-value = 0.15). It reveals the mean difference is (0.89) of Self-Concept between male Physical Education students of Central Universities and State Universities.  It is indicated that the t-value is 0.42 which is not significant at 0.05 level of significance with 198 degree of freedom (p-value = 0.67). It reveals the mean difference is (0.28) of Mental Toughness between male Physical Education students of Central Universities and State Universities.  It is indicated that the t-value is 0.28 which is not significant at 0.05 level of significance with 198 degree of freedom (p-value = 0.78). It reveals the mean difference is (0.20) of Emotional stability between male Physical Education students of Central Universities and State Universities.  It is indicated that the t-value is 3.16 which is significant at 0.05 level of significance with 198 degree of freedom (p-value = 0.002). It reveals the mean difference is (1.87) of Extroversion between male Physical Education students of Central Universities and State Universities.  It is indicated that the t-value is 3.71 which is significant at 0.05 level of significance with 198 degree of freedom (p-value = 0.000). It reveals the mean difference is (2.25) of Conventionality between male Physical Education students of Central Universities and State Universities.

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