Comparison on Imagery and Self-Esteem of Various Level Footballers

The present study was conducted for the comparison on imagery and self-esteem of various levels of footballers. Twenty five district level footballers (N1=25) and twenty five state levels footballers (N2=25) of West Bengal were taken as the subjects for the present study. Thus total no of subjects were (N=50) fifty only. The age group of the subjects ware ranged from 15 to 19 years. Imagery and Self-Esteem were the variables for the present study. Imagery was measured by the Sports Imagery Questionnaire (Cumming, 2002) and Self-Esteem was measured by the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (1965). Mean and standard deviation of each variable were calculated. The means of respective variables between two games were compared by using t-test. Statistical significance was tested at 0.05 level of confidence. The results of the present study showed that there was statistically significant difference in the mean value of imagery and self-esteem between the district and state level footballers.