An analysis of pre-competition anxiety between male and female badminton players

Abstract

Aim: The present study aims to compare the pre-competition anxiety between male and female badminton players of inter-collegiate students of C.C.S. University, Meerut, U.P. The sample consisted of 40 badminton players who had represented the quarter finalist of C.C.S. inter-collegiate competition. To examine the pre- competition anxiety between male and female badminton players, pre-competition anxiety questionnaire (SCAT) developed by Rainer Marten was used. To analyzed the raw score and “t test” were computed. The result shows that male and female badminton players differ significantly on their pre-competition anxiety and female are found more anxious (21.42) than male (17.94) in this study has found by the “t test” at 0.05 level of significance.