A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SPORTS COMPETITION ANXIETY ON MALE KABADDI PLAYERS IN MANIPUR
Keywords:
Competition, Anxiety, Kabaddi, Sports PsychologyAbstract
Sport is a psycho-social activity. Sports has many dimensions such as physiological, technical,
physical, psychological and social dimensions. Amongst the dimensions mentioned,
psychological set up of the players is one of the important parameter that contributes to the
overall performance of the players. The objective of the players is not only limited to play the
games but also to win the games. Winning the games involves psychological and mental
preparedness of the players. The purpose of the study was to analyze and compare the Sports
Competition Anxiety of male Kabaddi players of Manipur. For the purpose of this study 40
Kabaddi players who played at National level and State level were selected from Manipur as
the subject. For this study sports competition anxiety test (SCAT, Martens et al., 1990)
questionnaire was used to measure sports competition anxiety. Descriptive Statistic (Mean,
Standard Deviation), Independent t-test was applied to analyze and compare the degree of
Sports Competitive Anxiety between the male players. The level of Significance was set at
0.05. Results indicated that there are significant differences found between the National and
State players in their Sports Competition Anxiety.
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