This study aimed to identify the level of state anxiety among football players of a Malaysian premier league and a university football players. This study involved 40 players aged between 18 to 32 years old. The questionnaire used in this study was Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 Reverse Survey (CSAI-2R) to measure the level of athlete's somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence. The findings showed that the premier league players has a lower level of somatic and cognitive anxiety than the university players. Premier league players also were shown to have higher levels of self-confidence. Based on the findings, experience and achievement level are the contributing factors in determining the level of anxiety and increasing self-confidence. The more experience and skills the athlete has, the easier it is for athletes to control the level of anxiety.
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Karim, Z. A., Mahadi, R., Hizan, H., Mustafa, M. A., Malik, Z. A., & Ali, S. K. S. (2019). Pre-competitive anxiety of malaysian premier league and university football players. International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, 8(10), 3402–3404. https://doi.org/10.35940/ijitee.J9499.0881019
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