The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of physical activity on the selected psychological traits of U-20 female hand ball players in Filakit secondary and ·preparatory school. All of the members of the team (40 individuals) have been involved in this research throughout the entire process. The study subjects were divided into two as 20 of them were experimental and 20 of them were control groups through simple random sampling technique, Then as a part of pre test phase for each group motivation inventory test and self-esteem inventory test were taken to evaluate their motivation and self-esteem levels. The experimental group was received I 0 weeks of handball based physical exercise training. Jn the same manner a post test was also taken from each group. For this purpose certain basic questions were raised and to address the formulated research questions, standardized questionnaires (motivation inventory test and self-esteem inventory test) were used for data collection. To analyze the collected data descriptive statistical analysis such as mean, mean difference, standard- deviation and two tailed T- test were applied. The findings of the study clearly indicated that physical exercise training specifically hand ball based training has a positive impact on their motivation and self-esteem for Experimental Groups during a ten week intervention program in the place mentioned above particularly. Therefore, it was concluded that required physical activity training should be applied so as to bring about psychological "trait improvements of female hand ball players.

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO BAHIR J)AR UNIVERSITY, SPORT ACADEMY IN PARTIAL FULFILL~ENT OF ,THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS IN TEACHING PHYSICAL EDUCATION