THE 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

SUSTAINABLE HEALTH DEVELOPMENT

MEASURE THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY in

3 DAYS BEFORE THE GAME AND ONE

HOUR BEFORE THE MATCH IN

MEN'S HOCKEY ATHLETE AMONG

PRIMARY SCHOOL

Prepared by:

VADIVELAN, SHANTINY, SHALINI.

• This study was carried out to measure the level of anxiety three days before the match and one hour before the match among athletes in men's hockey primary school level.

• The main objective of this study was to determine the level of anxiety athletes at the last moment before the game.

• The importance of the study is to help hockey athletes manage their anxiety level before joining the game of hockey.

OBJECTIVE

SUBJECTS• 30 men's hockey rankings of athletes selected from

primary school.

• Sample is male athlete of renewable hockey school in the match.

• The selected sample is in the age range from 10 to 12.

• The sample was selected by the coach of the hockey team Mr.Vadivelan.

STUDY INSTRUMENTS

• Researchers used questionnaires 'Sport

Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) designed by

Martens (1977) as a result of adaptation of'

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) proposed

by Speilberger (1970).

• SCAT Questionnaire is typical for differentiate

internal anxiety level among athletes.

• The questions in this questionnaire, as many as

15 questions associated with sports

competitions in will be asked in the

questionnaire.

• Each question has three options in question,

namely, 'Rarely', 'sometimes' and 'Often'.

Anxiety Level Score

High Level Above 24

Medium High Level 17-24

Low Level Below 17

Table 1: Scores Scat And Anxiety Levels

DESIGN AND PROCEDURE REVIEW

• This is a descriptive study using a questionnaire to assess the level of men's hockey rankings athlethes anxiety Primary School 3 days before the match and one hour before the match.

• The questionnaire aimed to examine the level of global anxiety primary school hockey athletes have been given to the subject of three days before the game and one hour before competition.

• Athlete not given any treatment within 3 days after the

questionnaires were distributed which was before the 3 days of competition.

• Athletes were given for 5 to 10 minutes to answer the questionnaire.

• Instructions and guidance was given to the athletes before undertaking studies to ensure the administration of the questionnaire properly implemented and controlled.

• Coach (Mr.Vadivelan) translate the meaning of each item in the questionnaire for pupils better understand the purpose of the item in order to get more data.

• The forms were collected back immediately after his respondents completed.

• The data were collected from questionnaires were analyzed using the program Statistical Package for Social Science ( SPSS ) 2.0 and Microsoft Excel 2010 to obtain test results are significant.

DATA ANALYZED

Level of concern

Score 3 day before the

game

An hour before the

game

High Level Above 24 N=25

Medium High Level 17-24 N=30 N=5

Low level Below 17

Table 1: Data for overall anxiety level athletes hoki3 day before the game and one hour

before the match.

Findings:

• From the results of this study, when Questionnaire distributed before the third day of the competition a total of 30 subjects were moderately high (17-24) . This shows that there is no athlete in high levels of anxiety.

• When Questionnaire distributed an hour before the match, there were 25 subjects hockey athletes are at a high level (24 or more) and 5 of the athlete is moderate to high (17-24). This indicates that the level of concern for athletes is very high.

• This proves that there are differences in the level of anxiety among subjects in both the test run.

• Overall, the table above shows the level of concern is at a high level before an hour of the match in the last minute of the match to begin

Test N Total score Mean SD

3 days before the

competition30 566 25.84 1.036

An hour before the

competition30 730 20.10 2.354

TABLE 2: COMPARISON YOURS FOR ANXIETY LEVEL

ATHLETE HOCKEY SCHOOL AT PRIMARY LEVEL

• Based on the table above, the analysis shows the total scores before the 3 days of competition are 566 per hour while the total score before the game is 730.

• This shows an increase in total score on an hour before the match.

• The overall mean value 3 days before the competition is 25.84.

• While an hour before the game also has a mean value of 10.20.

• Analysis of both tests showed mean difference of 5.74 is obtained. This clearly shows that there is a comparison of the mean between the two different timing of questionnaires distribution.

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GRAPH 1: COMPARISON OF ANXIETY LEVELS BETWEEN PRE AND POST TEST

• About 30 hockey athletes SCAT scores were high level when the questionnaire was tested before the competition but an hour before the 3 days of competition anxiety level at lower rates.

• The graph above shows that there are significant differences between the scores to 3 days before the match and before an hour of the match.

DISCUSSION

• The study found significant differences in the level of anxiety among the data questionnaire distributed three days before the game and one hour before the match.

• In addition, the findings of the analysis show that there is an increasing level of concern before the hour when compared to the level of competition concerns three days before the game.

• Many sports psychologists like Arent and Landers (2003); Weinberg and Gould (2007), states that the optimal level of anxiety can help athletes achieve remarkable performance, while the anxiety level is too high and too low to bring the issue to achieve good performance.

• Thus, researchers suggest coaches should run a psychological skills training (PST) to reduce the level of anxiety, especially at the last moment. It also is due to the findings show that almost all athletes, 25 athletes from 30 athletes to achieve a high level of anxiety before an hour of the match.

• Anxiety is a negative emotional state characterized by nervousness, anxiety and fear and is associated with activation or arousal body (Weinberg and Gould, 2007).

• Therefore the coach must find a solution in order to improve performance in a hockey game.

CONCLUSIONS

• Researchers also found that anxiety in hockey among athletes because it is one sport which is categorized as an aggressive sport.

• In conclusion, the study found that athletes have a very high level of anxiety at the last minute before set foot in the field compared to the level of anxiety before match days

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