THE EFFECT OF PSYCHOLOGY INTERVENTIONTRAINING PRORAMME ON COMPETITIVE ANXIETY, AND THEIR PERFORMANCE OF SHOT-PUT ATHLETES

Studies related to effect of Competitive State anxiety and competitive performance has become a major topic of interest to sports psychologist in recent years. The present study is mainly concerned with anxiety in shot put athletes and its relation with their performance who participated in the state level competition. A researcher himself, being an athlete, has experienced such situations and hence was curious to study the effect of competitive state anxiety and performance. The researcher in his own performance at practice sessions and national competitions showed considerable difference. According to researcher anxiety might have been a major factor for such results. After being in contact with many similar athletes and coaches the researcher has found that similar problems are faced even today. Hence the researcher decided on performing a study on shot-put athletes and sees the effect of anxiety on their performances.

The study was a Survey with experimental research one group pretest posttest Experimental research. The male shot-put 19 athletes of the Maharashtra state aged between 16-18 years will be considered as the total population of the study. The sample of the study was selected using convenience sampling method. For data collection the tools used was the Competitive State Anxiety inventory -2 (CSAI-2) by Martens, Vealey, & Burton (1990). The specific tool measures, cognitive, somatic anxiety, & self-confidence.Pearson Correlation method was used for this propose.

The‘t’ test for paired observation was used to determine whether group improved significantly in performance and optimal anxiety after training.  Post test showed significance difference has been found performance and anxiety level due to training module.  The result of the research showed shot- put male athletes reported reduce of Cognitive Anxiety and Somatic Anxiety and high level Self Confidence. Furthermore these athletes displayed higher self-confidence with positive effect on their performance. Cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety are positively correlated.