A meta-Analysis of different sports of competitive state anxiety

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare between the selected sports (Football & Hockey) athlete performance with the help of multidimensional Theory Questionnaire (Competitive State Anxiety questionnaire). A Sample of 60 sports athlete (30 Football athletes and 30 Hockey Runner) was selected through random sampling technique from Sports Authority of India (take coaching under the SAI Schemes). There is anxiety level of athletes are measured with CSAI-2 to measure their self-confidence level during the competition, which effects their sports performance due to state anxiety. Collected data were analysed by computing Mean differences between anxiety level of football and Hockey sports athletes and ‘t’ test to see the significance mean difference between anxiety level of selected sports. The results indicated that there were significant differences with regard to State Anxiety level of Football and Hockey sports athlete’s but insignificant differences with self-confidence level of athletes. The outcome of study might help physical educators and coaches to evaluate and modify their training programs pertaining to the state anxiety of performers (Football & Hockey).