Measuring the Spirit of Old Athletes and Players of Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract

Spirit is the act of imagining the guiding force of one’s spirit inside of one’s physical body. This study investigates the impact of spirit (imagery and vision work) on old athlete confidence, competence, joy, and flow. No published studies were found on the topic of measuring the spirit of old athletes or the impact of being spiritually present on old athlete confidence, competence, joy and flow. Therefore, topics of a similar nature were explored in the literature review, for example being present in the present moment, athlete imagery and states of flow, passion, purpose, and overcoming adversity active visualization and alignment with the inner self, focus, identity, gratification, and community, spirituality, and peak experiences, self-actualization, as well as confidence and gender differences. The impact of being present on confidence is explored in this study, because confidence is an indicator of success.  Flow is explored in this study because confidence and success can be experienced as flow by an athlete. Flow is an exceptional experience, which may be related to being present and in the process of spirit. Flow is defined as a state of awe and wonderment experienced when something that normally takes great skill and concentration suddenly creates itself and flows out of the person with ease. This study examines the spirits of old athletes. This study was descriptive in nature. The primary data were gathered by the help of survey through questionnaires. This research was based on questionnaire survey. 75 (seventy five) male and female national old players and athletes were selected as a sample from five cities of Punjab i.e. (Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Rawalpindi and Gujrat).