Comparative Study on Anxiety between Student Players of Different Ball Games in 2013 National Ethiopian Universities Sports Competition

Abstract

Anxiety is made up of mental and physiological components. Researchers have indicated that there is a relationship between anxiety and performance. Present paper tries to investigate the level of anxiety between student players of different games, football volleyball and basketball representing different universities at intercollegiate games held in Haromia University in 2013. A survey was carried out on one hundred and eighty two student players (n = 182) out of 300 participated, representing various universities and from different parts of Ethiopia. Only male players aged between 18-25 years were selected for the study. Maximum effort and meticulous care was taken while recording the measurements with precision and accuracy. Sports Competitive Anxiety Test (SCAT) was used to measure anxiety level among the football and other players. To compare anxiety between football, volleyball and basketball one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed setting the level of significance at 0.05. The results revealed that anxiety level showed significant difference for the three ball games. The anxiety level for players of football was found to be highest among others (F = 31.97, p <0.05). This implies that football game by its very nature is anxiety -inducing. This necessitates the need for anxiety alleviation intervention before the tournament for successful performance and achievement in the competition.