ISSN NO : 2277-3665
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Article Name :
STUDY ON PSYCHOLOGICL ASPECTS AMONG THE SEMI FINALIST TEAM AT SOUTH ZONE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
Author Name :
S.T.N.RAJESWARAN AND P.MANJU PUSHPA
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-49
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Abstract :
In sport the psychological aspects of are playing serving as deterministic factor specifically in high level completions Among the psychological aspects anxiety is one of the most predictor since it is related to psycho physiological functions of a player. Such a theoretical construct was impelled the researcher to study the cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self-confidence on teams played before the quarterfinals since all inter-university tournaments are league based. Methods: To achieve the purpose of the present study as samples players belong to selected teams those who were entered in to semi fnlas at All India Inter University Volleyball tournament totally 48 were selected in the age group of 18-24. Since anxiety has been focused specifically as a psychological determinant and one of the first order performance its related components have to be considered as variables in the present study, Thus the selected variables are : cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and selfconfidence. To measure these variables Competitive State Anxiety Inventory – 2 (CSAI- 2 Martens et al. 1990) was used. The collected data were analyzed be one way analysis of variance to test the hypotheses formula in the present study. Results:The results of the present study were: significance mean difference was observed among the teams rankings of semi finals (winner, runner, third and fourth places) on cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self confidence. In cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety it was observed that winning team has fewer in cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety as compared to third and fourth place, whereas winning team is not differ significantly. In self confidence, winning team has more self confidence as compared to third and fourth place, whereas winning team is not differ from team secured second place significantly. Conclusion: Based on the results the following conclusions have been made: The psychological aspects of cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self confidence are significantly related to the level of performance as the given variables were found to be statistically significant among the teams of semifinalists
Keywords :
  • cognitive anxiety
  • somatic anxiety
  • self confidence
  • semi finals