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Anxiety status of Indian archers: Comparative study of Competition Anxiety
among Male
and Female Indian archers.
Anshul Tanwar*
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to compare the pre -competition anxiety and self-
confidence among male and female Indian international players. The sample consisted of 40
international archery players (20 male and 20 female). CSAI-2 was used as a tool for this study. Toanalyze the raw data and compare the scores t test was used. The result shows that male and female
have no significant difference between there somatic, cognitive anxiety and self confidence level 0.05
level of significance.so gender cannot be considered as a determinant of anxiety and self-
confidence in Indian archers
INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
Modern sports has become a very complex behavioral issue for excellence in serious competitivesports which includes genetic endowment, generally good environment and highly specialized
psychological training that are needed to produce and individual sportsmen of reckoning.[1]
Anxiety is one of the most common deterrents to good performance. At worst the effect ofanxiety gets the athlete so tied up in knots that he is frozen in fear. At best anxiety subtly impairs
performance by distracting the attention. Anxiety is one of the greatest problems of modern
trends in scientific knowledge, cultural, conflicts, economic, problem, industrialization, all add tothe problem of man, thus increasing the anxiety level, anxiety refers to that emotional state of
mind where a fear of danger or loss of hearing is a prominent feature. It generally arises as aresult of fear of something unknown creates tension and disturbance.[2]
Anxiety may be positive motivation force or it may interfere with successful athletic
performances. As a positive motivating force it can be instrumental in motivating the athlete to
work harder to find new and better ways to improve performances and to help set goals. Theathletic skills and his self-confidence as a negative motivator anxiety may interfere with
productive as well as constructive thinking. Athletes may attempt to handle anxiety by denying
the need to work hard. This can lead to development of poor work habits or athletic technique.These often lead to failure and, in turn, lack of confidence and increased anxiety.[3]
The over anxious individual has a high level of cerebral and emotional activity with neuro-muscular tension that may eventually lead the individual to the exhaustion stage and perhaps topsychosomatic disorders.[4]
The effect of anxiety on performance depends directly on type of task considered. In most cases
the heightened arousal state has been found to facilitate simple performance such as fingerstapping, eyelids, and conditioning and verbal memory task. On the other hand as anxiety reaches
a certain level, a breakdown of psychological and physiological integrative mechanism is often
seen to occurred, resulting is less efficient performance is more complex task.[5]
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Anxiety plays a paramount role in sports. It is the challenge in sports participation which
produces anxiety. How an athlete handles the anxiety determines how successful he would be.
Anxiety may be a positive motivating force or it may interfere with successful performance insports events. The degree of anxiety also varies with a number of different conditions. Anxiety is
likely to be greater in higher competitive sports than in relatively noncompetitive sports, because
in the competitive sports, participants are expected to win a great demands are made up on thento succeed. So the anxiety level and self-confidence was compared in the present study amongMale and female Indian archer.
PURPOUSE OF THE STUDYThe purpose of the study was to compare the conative and somatic anxiety and self-confidence
among Indian male and female archers.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The finding of the present study would help the Coaches, sports trainers, sports administrator and
physical educationists in their professional work in the following way: -
1. The results of the study would give information regarding the relationship of pre competitionanxiety to playing performance of Indian archers
2. The results of the study would also help to understand the behavior of archers during
competition.
3. The finding of study would provide the guideline to the future research investigation in sportspsychology and sports sciences to conduct further research in this field.
4. Study will also be helpful in determining the sex as a factor of anxiety and self-confidence
among Indian archers
METHODOLOGYAfter recalling and focusing on the relevant thoughts and feelings participants were asked tocomplete the CSAI-2 ,30 min prior to competing in the most important competition of the season.This time frame was used because in competitive anxiety research the CSAI-2 is typically completedwithin 1 h of competition. In line with recommendations by Martens et al. (1990) instructions
accompanying the CSAI-2 emphasized the need for honesty and assured participants that they couldnot give any wrong answers.
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
REFERENCES
[1] Jack H. Llewellyn and Judy A. Bucker, Psychology of Coaching: Theory and
Application, New Delhi Surjeet Publication,(1982),p.7.[2] K. C. Kocher and V. Pratap, Anxiety level your practices, Yoga Mimamsa, (15
April,1972),p.11.
[3] Encyclopaedia of Sports and Science and Medicine, Ed;1971, IndividualAdjustment to Social Practices and Characteristics.
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