A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE SPORTS COMPETITION ANXIETY BETWEEN BOXING AND TAEKWONDO PLAYERS

Abstract

The relation between sport performance and competition anxiety is generally considered
negative. When competition anxiety level increases the athletic performance tends to decrease
by impairing focus, decision-making and overall execution skills.
The present study aims at comparing the level of competition anxiety between the state level
boxing and taekwondo players of Manipur. In order to conduct the study 50 players who have
participated in the state boxing and taekwondo championship were selected. 25 state level
boxers and 25 state level taekwondo players aged between 19 to 23 years were selected. To
collect the data from the players Sports Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) by Mertens (1917)
questionnaire which consist of 15 questions was employed. The questionnaire was in
statements that describes themselves. Data collected from the players were analyzed using
descriptive analysis and independent sample t-test in SPSS v21.0 software and level of
significance was set at 0.05 to find the significant difference between the Boxing players and
Taekwondo players.