Comparision of adaptive spatial ability among male and female volleyball players

The purpose of the study was to compare the adaptive spatial ability (A3DW) among male and female volleyball players. The 24 subjects (12 male and 12 female) were selected on the bases of purposive sampling from Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior, India. Their age ranged between 17–24 years with a mean and SD of male and female i.e., 20.67 + 2.35 and 21.09 + 2.15 respectively. Vienna test system (VTS), a leading computerized psychological assessment tool was used for measuring adaptive spatial ability. The Vienna Test System SPORT is perfectly designed for sports psychology assessment. The psychometrically valid tool for profile analysis, talent assessment and development of training plans gives players and athletes a clear picture of their sports psychology profile-in terms of both skills and personality (Vienna Test System sports, 2017). Researcher analyzed the adaptive spatial ability (A3DW) with sub factors of quotient spatial (A3DW_QS); mean item working time (A3DW_MIWT); and dispersion of item working time (A3DW_DIWT) in which how consistently in term of the same latent ability dimension is assessed in all respondents. Independent t test was applied to compare spatial ability among male and female volleyball players. Insignificant difference were found among (A3DW_QS); (A3DW_MIWT); & (A3DW_DIWT) as the p value were (0.74; 0.68; & 0.33) respectively which is greater than 0.05. The results concluded that there is no difference between spatial ability among male and female.