Disappointments in Sporting Competitions, its Consequences and Resolutions

Team Meambers:Mayank Chakarwarti,Abhishek Kumar,Prakhar Kothari,Vignesh Vasudevan

Stuff happens. All athletes face disappointing moments during their athletic career. And that’s okay. How to deal with disappointment is what truly matters most. That’s where you either turn the event into a lesson or a loss.
We’ve all had our fair share of disappointments, ranging from small to significant. I’ve noticed a particular type of athlete that’s more prone to magnifying a defeat.  It’s the naturally gifted athlete. Maybe you’re nodding your head in agreement.
Gifted athletes that easily cruise to the top miss out on important life skills. There’s a downside to drifting through training and always being the best. They lack resilience which is developed by facing adversity.

Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes to manifest. Similar to regret, it differs in that a person feeling regret focuses primarily on the personal choices that contributed to a poor outcome, while a person feeling disappointment focuses on the outcome itself. It is a source of psychological stress.The study of disappointment—its causes, impact, and the degree to which individual decisions are motivated by a desire to avoid it—is a focus in the field of decision analysis, as disappointment is one of two primary emotions involved in decision-making.

 Methodology:-

To study the impact of Disappointment we conducted a survey in our own campus.This survey was done to see how undergraduate face and overcome the challenges faced by Sporting Disappointment.. Total of 12 questions were sent to the participants .It consists of information related to their level of game,reason of participation,most disappointing moment etc. A total of 65 responses have been received.

Results:-

Conclusion:

       Feelings Experienced after a setback/loss by Sportsperson who are passionate about game .

                         Ways to cope with disappointing situation for passionate person

                 Behavior of Passionate Sportsperson with respect to propagating the game

• Being passionate about the game is biggest reason for participation in sporting activities. 70% of the respondents have reinstated this statement. 
• As most of the people who took this survey were passionate for the game they pursue, this study emphasizes on the way they conduct themselves after a loss or a setback. 
• 85% of passionate sports-persons have been a part of college team at some point of time.
• 60%  (majority) of the passionate players feel determined and motivated to do better next time after facing a loss or a setback. 22% of them respond by being frustrated or angry probably because their efforts have not been rewarded.
• 84% of the players cope with this situation by practicing hard in order to produce better results.

The most disappointing events encountered by the sports-persons are as follows:

• Lack of facilities – 21.8%
• Ending up on the losing side after a close encounter – 18.7%
• Heavy defeat – 17 %
• Incompetence of team – 16%

• 59% of the respondents feel that their attitude towards coping with a disappointing situation was appropriate.

• Passionate sports-persons propagate their game irrespective of the outcome and other obstacles involved.

• Sports-persons who are not passionate do not change anything about themselves after facing a loss.
• 22% said it doesn't effect on their studies.