A study to compare level of competitive sport anxiety between India and Sri Lanka players

Abstract

Competitive sport anxiety is common in every game; Anxiety is the state of uneasiness and fear to loss during competitive events. Competitive sport anxiety affects player’s ability to perform well during competition. The aim of this study was to analyze the level of sports Competition anxiety of India and Sri Lanka players during the Asian championship played at Indore April 2016. For this study 15 players were taken as subject from both the teams’ age group between 15 to 30 years. To measure the competition related anxiety sports compitive anxiety test (SCAT) was used. Questionnaire was distributed prior to the competition. Level of significant was set at. 05. Means, standard deviation and Independent t-test was used to analyze the data. The result of the study revealed that there is an insignificant difference between Indian and the Sri Lankan players. The Indian players had higher anxiety scores than the Sri Lankan players. Findings may assist coaches’ understanding of the level to which competitive sports anxiety exists during competition.