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SHALINI.

OBJECTIVE
This study was carried out to measure the level of
anxiety three days before the match and one
hour before the match among athletes in men's
hockey primary school level.
The main objective of this study was to determine
the level of anxiety athletes at the last moment
before the game.
The importance of the study is to help hockey
athletes manage their anxiety level before
joining the game of hockey.

SUBJECTS
30 men's hockey rankings of athletes selected
from primary school.
Sample is male athlete of renewable hockey
school in the match.
The selected sample is in the age range from
10 to 12.
The sample was selected by the coach of the
hockey team Mr.Vadivelan.

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Scores Scat And Anxiety Levels
Anxiety

Score

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High Level

Above 24

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17-24
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DESIGN AND PROCEDURE REVIEW

This is a descriptive study using a questionnaire to
assess the level of men's hockey rankings athlethes
anxiety Primary School 3 days before the match and one
hour before the match.
The questionnaire aimed to examine the level of global
anxiety primary school hockey athletes have been given
to the subject of three days before the game and one
hour before competition.
Athlete not given any treatment within 3 days after the
questionnaires were distributed which was before the 3
days of competition.

 Athletes were given for 5 to 10

minutes to answer the questionnaire.
Instructions and guidance was given
to the athletes before undertaking
studies to ensure the administration
of the questionnaire properly
implemented and controlled.

 Coach (Mr.Vadivelan) translate the

meaning of each item in the
questionnaire for pupils better
understand the purpose of the item
in order to get more data.
The forms were collected back
immediately after his respondents
completed.

DATA ANALYZED
The data were collected from
questionnaires were analyzed
using the program Statistical
Package for Social Science ( SPSS )
2.0 and Microsoft Excel 2010 to
obtain test results are significant.

Findings:
Level of
concern

Score

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1: Data for17
overall anxiety level athletes
hoki3 day before the game and one hour
before the match.

 From the results of this study, when

Questionnaire distributed before the
third day of the competition a total of
30 subjects were moderately high
(17-24) . This shows that there is no
athlete in high levels of anxiety.
When Questionnaire distributed an
hour before the match, there were 25
subjects hockey athletes are at a
high level (24 or more) and 5 of the
athlete is moderate to high (17-24).
This indicates that the level of

 This proves that there are

differences in the level of
anxiety among subjects in both
the test run.
Overall, the table above shows
the level of concern is at a high
level before an hour of the
match in the last minute of the
match to begin

TABLE 2:
COMPARISON YOURS FOR ANXIETY LEVEL
ATHLETE HOCKEY SCHOOL AT PRIMARY LEVEL
Test

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730

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 Based on the table above, the

analysis shows the total scores
before the 3 days of competition
are 566 per hour while the total
score before the game is 730.
This shows an increase in total
score on an hour before the match.
The overall mean value 3 days
before the competition is 25.84.

 While an hour before the game

also has a mean value of 10.20.
Analysis of both tests showed
mean difference of 5.74 is
obtained. This clearly shows that
there is a comparison of the
mean between the two different
timing
of
questionnaires
distribution.

GRAPH 1:
COMPARISON OF ANXIETY LEVELS BETWEEN PRE AND POST TEST
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3 Days before competition

An hour before competition

 About 30 hockey athletes SCAT scores

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questionnaire was tested before the
competition but an hour before the 3
days of competition anxiety level at
lower rates.
The graph above shows that there are
significant diferences between the
scores to 3 days before the match and
before an hour of the match.

DISCUSSION
The study found significant differences
in the level of anxiety among the data
questionnaire distributed three days
before the game and one hour before
the match.
In addition, the findings of the analysis
show that there is an increasing level
of concern before the hour when
compared to the level of competition
concerns three days before the game.

 Many sports psychologists like Arent and

Landers (2003); Weinberg and Gould (2007),
states that the optimal level of anxiety can help
athletes achieve remarkable performance, while
the anxiety level is too high and too low to
bring the issue to achieve good performance.
Thus, researchers suggest coaches should run a
psychological skills training (PST) to reduce the
level of anxiety, especially at the last moment.
It also is due to the findings show that almost
all athletes, 25 athletes from 30 athletes to
achieve a high level of anxiety before an hour of
the match.

CONCLUSIO
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Anxiety is a negative emotional

state characterized by nervousness,
anxiety and fear and is associated
with activation or arousal body
(Weinberg and Gould, 2007).
Therefore the coach must find a
solution
in
order
to
improve
performance in a hockey game.

 Researchers also found that

anxiety
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hockey
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athletes because it is one sport
which is categorized as an
aggressive sport.
In conclusion, the study found
that athletes have a very high
level of anxiety at the last
minute before set foot in the
field compared to the level of
anxiety before match days

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