Relationship of competitive sports anxiety and selected motor variables with the cricket performance

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship of competitive sports anxiety and selected motor variables with the cricket performance. Forty cricket male batsmen randomly selected from the East Zone Intervarsity Tournament 2017 -18 organized by VBSP University, Jaunpur (UP). Pearson Product moment correlation was applied on the data. Result of the study were muscular strength (0.421), flexibility (0.514), agility (0.431), reaction time (- 0.517), somatic anxiety (-0.458), cognitive anxiety (-0.539), self – confidence (0.571) were significantly correlated with the cricket performance. Muscular endurance (0.213) and speed (-0.126) were not have the relationship with the cricket performance. Anxiety could influenced the muscular strength, flexibility, agility and reaction time of the cricketers.