A STUDY ON PRE-COMPETITIVE ANXIETY OF BADMINTON PLAYERS OF ASSAM: AN INVESTIGATION

Physical Education

ABSTRACT Objectives: Comparing the levels of pre-competitive anxiety experienced by male and female Badminton players competing at the national level, as well as those experienced by junior and senior Badminton players in Assam, was the major objective of this study. Methodology: The research comprises a total of 58 Badminton players at the national level from Assam, consisting of 34 males and 24 females. There are a total of 27 junior players and 31 senior players, each categorized properly. A purposeful sampling technique was utilized to recruit subjects from various Badminton academies and training centers in Assam. During this investigation, the Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT), which was initially designed by Rainer Martens in 1977, has been chosen to serve as the instrument for the collecting of data. To evaluate the acquired data, descriptive statistics mean, standard deviation and comparative statistics were used to examine the variable of anxiety across different age groups and genders. Results: A two-way analysis of variance (2-way ANOVA) was utilized and assessed at a significance level of 0.05. The 2-way ANOVA analysis revealed that there was no statistically significant difference in anxiety levels between male and female Badminton players (p = 0.492) and between different age groups of Badminton players from Assam (p = 0.535) in the pre-competitive conditions respectively. Conclusions: The results of this study are expected to offer Badminton coaches in Assam a reference framework for future psychological training of their players.

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