Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to analyze throwing accuracy of basketball players in relation to their reasoning ability and depth perception. Materials and Methods : For present study, 200 intercollegiate basketball players (Ave. age = 21.34±1.87 years) were selected as sample. Johnson Basketball Throw for Accuracy (Passing Test) was the instrument which was used to assess shooting skills of selected subjects whereas reasoning ability of the selected subjects was assessed by MGTI prepared by Mehrotra (1984). To conduct the study, a 2x2 factorial design was used. Superior and inferior reasoning and perceptual abilities were ascertained by statistical method Q1 and Q3. 2x2 ANOVA results showed that the main effect of reasoning ability was not found to be statistically significant upon throwing accuracy of basketball players although it is close to .05 level of significance. Results : The main effect of depth perception upon throwing accuracy of basketball players turned out to be statistically significant. The two factor interaction effect of reasoning ability and depth perception upon throwing accuracy of basketball players was found to be statistically insignificant. Conclusion : It was concluded that reasoning ability and to some extent depth perception, are the two major variables which generate variance upon throwing accuracy of basketball players.

Present study comparatively assessed depression in elite male and female sportspersons. To conduct the study, 50 elite male sportspersons (Average age 24.77 years) and 50 elite female sportspersons (Average age 25.12 years) were selected as sample. The criterion for selection of sportspersons was participation in national event as well as securing one of the top three positions. JMPI prepared by Joshi and Malik (1981) was used to assess depression in selected sportsperson. Results reveal that depression shown by elite female sportsperson was significantly of greater magnitude as compared to elite male sportspersons. It was concluded that depression in elite sportspersons is influenced by gender.

The objective of the study was to find out the significant difference among the female elite players of five difference individual games in selected personality traits (Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism and Lie). The study was conducted by taking equal sample size related to five different Individual games. 100 Elite female players were selected from five different games. 20 subjects were selected from Athletics, 20 subjects were selected from Boxing, 20 subjects were selected from Badminton, 20 subjects were selected from Powerlifting, and 20 subjects were selected from Wrestling. The study was conducted by taking basic Personality traits (Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism and Lie) as an independent variable (I.V.) and by taking five different individual games as dependent variable (D.V.). It was decided to go for a Hindi version of Eysenck’s PEN Inventory prepared by Monen, D. K., & Malhotra, S. K., (1987). On the basis of the objectives of the study, descriptive statistics, One Way Analysis of Variance and LSD Post-Hoc test were used. Significant difference was found between paired means of Extraversion, the paired of Athletics & Powerlifting (sig. = .012), Boxing & Powerlifting (sig. = .008) and Badminton & Powerlifting (sig. = .017) at .05 level of significance. In Neuroticism, the paired of Athletics & Wrestling (sig. = .011) and Boxing & Wrestling (sig. = .027) were found significant. On the other hand, in Extraversion, the paired of means Athletics & Boxing (sig. = .459), Athletics & Badminton (sig. = .893), Athletics & Wrestling (sig. = .053), Boxing & Badminton (sig. = .382), Badminton & wrestling (sig. = .071) and Powerlifting & Wrestling (sig. = .545) were found insignificant

In the present study, field goal shooting skills of female basketball players were assessed in the background to their reasoning ability. The sample consists of 100 female intercollegiate basketball players (age = 21.05±1.67 yrs.). Shooting skills and reasoning ability were assessed by Johnson's "Basketball Field Goal Speed Shooting Test" and Mixed Type Group Test of Intelligence prepared by Mehrotra (1984), respectively. Results reveal that field goal shooting ability of female basketball players exhibiting superior reasoning ability was found to be significantly better as compared to field goal shooting ability of female basketball players with low and average reasoning ability. It was concluded that shooting skills of female basketball players is influenced by their cognitive ability i.e. ability to rationalize problems in proper sequence.