AUTHOR(S): Dr. Dinesh Singh Chahar

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study a total of 50 male hockey and 30 football with the age between 15 to 20 years were selected as subjects. The subjects were taken from various schools and stadium in Indore Madhya Pradesh. Data was collected from all talented players of who represented district level hockey and football competition. The instrument used in obtaining data of each player’s anxiety level was the questionnaire of Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) developed by Rainer Martens et al. (1990). The SCAT consists of 15 questions. The questions were in the form of statements that the subjects used to describe themselves. All participants were asked to take 5 minutes for reading the questionnaire and decide if he “Rarely”, “Sometimes” or “Often” feels when they play in their specific games or competitions, and then tick in the appropriate box to indicate their response. Within the limitations of the study it may be concluded that there was no significant difference in the anxiety levels of hockey and football in the district level competitions both the groups were found average in levels of sports competition anxiety. The complications in the game changes the anxiety conditions of the players at different levels in relation with the opponents or team. The average anxiety level in both groups of players provides some kind of advantage in achieving the peak performance level in their care. In this study Descriptive statistics was used for to compare within group difference was analyzed using Independent ‘t’ test between hockey and football players participated of district level was using the information studying tools spss- 21 software turned into used.

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