2023, Vol. 10, Issue 5, Part C

Anxiety consists of both mental and physiological components. In accordance with various research studies, there is a relationship between anxiety and performance. The present paper tries to investigate the level of anxiety between school- and college-level volleyball players in Kerala. Only male volleyball players from different schools (n = 24) and colleges (n = 24) in Kerala who participated in state-level volleyball championships were chosen at random as subjects. The participants' ages ranged from 14 to 23 years old. Maximum effort and meticulous care were taken while recording the measurements with precision and accuracy. The Sports Competitive Anxiety Test (SCAT- Martens 1977) was used to measure the anxiety level of the players. To compare anxiety between school- and college-level volleyball players, an independent T-test was employed, setting the level of significance at 0.05. The result of the study indicated that there was no significant difference in mean sports competition anxiety between school and college-level state volleyball players, as the obtained p-value was greater than the chosen level of significance of 0.05. (p>0.05). It was concluded that no significant difference was found in mean sports competition anxiety between school and college-level state volleyball players.