The Effect of Pre-Competitive Anxiety of Thailand Leagues Takraw Players

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of pre-competitive anxiety of Thailand leagues takraw players. The participants of the study were ten Thai male Takraw players, who played for a takraw club, Surin province and were between 15-40 years old, selected by purposive sampling method. The players were measured the anxiety within 1 hour before the Thailand leagues takraw competition using the Revised Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2(CSAI-2R). The obtained data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The results of study revealed that Before the competition, the somatic anxiety of the plyers was at low level (M = 14.10, SD = 3.27), the cognitive anxiety of the players was also at low level (M = 15.32, SD = 4.42), and the level of the self-confidence at the pretest was at a high level (M = 37.24, SD = 4.84). The conclusion was reached that before the competition, the players were low somatic and cognitive anxiety, and high self-confidence. The players’ anxiety was less than the optimal level which cause a decrement in performance, leading to lose the opponent team in this competition. Therefore, athletes and coaches should be considered mental skill training to arouse in order to the anxiety of the players can be at the optimal level for high performance.

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาผลของความวิตกกังวลก่อนการแข่งขันของนักกีฬาตะกร้อไทยแลนด์ลีก กลุ่มตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการวิจัย เป็นนักกีฬาThe purpose of this study was to examine the effect of pre-competitive anxiety of Thailand leagues takraw players. The participants of the study were ten Thai male Takraw players, who played for a takraw club, Surin province and were between 15-40 years old, selected by purposive sampling method. The players were measured the anxiety within 1 hour before the Thailand leagues takraw competition using the Revised Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2(CSAI-2R). The obtained data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The results of study revealed that Before the competition, the somatic anxiety of the plyers was at low level (M = 14.10, SD = 3.27), the cognitive anxiety of the players was also at low level (M = 15.32, SD = 4.42), and the level of the self-confidence at the pretest was at a high level (M = 37.24, SD = 4.84). The conclusion was reached that before the competition, the players were low somatic and cognitive anxiety, and high self-confidence. The players’ anxiety was less than the optimal level which cause a decrement in performance, leading to lose the opponent team in this competition. Therefore, athletes and coaches should be considered mental skill training to arouse in order to the anxiety of the players can be at the optimal level for high performance.