2022, Vol. 9, Issue 5, Part D
Exploration study of state anxiety between team sport and individual sport players of R.T.M. Nagpur University
Author(s): Dr. Mulchand Sharma
Abstract:State anxiety is a major factor affecting performance of players and no player and sports team can perform in the state of anxiety so dealing with competitive state anxiety is a big task for any coaches and sports trainer. In the present study, the investigator aimed towards comparing the Cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self confidence between the male team game and individual game players. The statistical population used in this study contained team sports (Baseball, Softball and Cricket) and individual sports (swimming, athletics and boxing) in RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra. Samples were male players who had competed in the intercollegiate competition. The total number of subjects was 120 male players (50 Team Sports & 50 Individual Sports). The age of the subjects ranged between 17-21 years, state Competitive Anxiety Inventory (CSAI-2) for individual and team game players were administered to the subjects within 20 minutes prior to the start of the competition, each questionnaire took approximately 5 minutes to complete. The collected data was analyzed by computing descriptive statistics followed by one way analysis of variance, a significant difference for the cognitive and somatic anxiety as the values are found to be 5.872 and 4.982 respectively, which are significant at 0.05 level, whereas no significant difference is found for the self confidence.
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Dr. Mulchand Sharma. Exploration study of state anxiety between team sport and individual sport players of R.T.M. Nagpur University. Int J Phys Educ Sports Health 2022;9(5):246-249.