Exploring the difference of decision-making style among hybrid, individual and partner sports

Abstract

Background and Study Aim: There are several factors that affect an athlete's decision while making it in a sports context. These are the factors that are in the athlete's immediate environment, including the coach, their teammates, their parents, and other support networks. For a number of reasons, sports provide an outstanding setting for the study of decision making. Sports decision-making includes a variety of decision agents (coaches, officials, players, fans, etc.), duties like play-calling and ball distribution, penalty kicks, and instances within play, such as timeouts and player substitutions. The purpose of this study was to explore the differences of decision-making style among hybrid, individual and partner sportsMaterial and Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted on one hundreed sixty-two (N=162) female subjects (age 21-25 years) from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India. All the subjects were informed about the objective and protocol of the study. The subjects were purposively divided into three groups: Group-A: Hybrid Sports (N1=49), Group-B: Individual Sports (N2=91) and Group-C: Partner Sports (N3=22). Purposive sampling was used keeping in view of administrative feasibility. The data was collected through the administration of Decision-Making Style Questionnaire as constructed by Scot and Bruce (1995).Statistical Analysis: G*Power version 3.1.9.7 was used to analyze the power and to compute sample size with graphics options. The normality of the data was checked by using the Shapiro-Wilk Test of Normality. Under the data analysis, exploration of data was made with descriptive statistics and graphical analysis. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used for the present investigation. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The statistical techniques were used to analyze the data on Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26.0. Results: The result of the study shows that the Rational: The f-ratio is 2.034, and the p-value is .134. The result is not significant at p.05, Avoidant: The f-ratio is .422, and the p-value is .657. The result is not significant at p.05, Intuitive: The f-ratio is .003, and the p-value is .997. The result is not significant at p.05, Dependent: The f-ratio is .054, and the p-value is .948. The result is not significant at p.05, Spontaneous: The f-ratio is .774, and the p-value is .463. The result is not significant at p.05. and Decision-Making Style: The f-ratio is .155, and the p-value is .857. The result is not significant at p.05.