The purpose of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction level of both male and female collegiate basketball players belonging to various universities in Kerala. The sample consists of 96 university level basketball players belonging to different colleges of four Universities in the State of Kerala. The Athlete Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASQ; Riemer & Chelladurai, 1998) was used for this study. ANOVA results and Post hoc test on total athlete satisfaction clearly shows that, that male University basketball players were having more overall satisfaction than their female counterparts. Among the male basketball players MG University male (M= 5.80) basketball players experienced the higher satisfaction level compare to others. In the case of female basketball players also, MG University score was the highest of 5.541.
Athlete satisfaction, basketball players, gender, universities, Kerala
