EXAMINATION OF THE LEVEL OF STATE ANXIETY POINTS OF THE SOCCER PLAYERS DURING THE TOURNAMENT

Year 2008, Issue: 20, 447 - 456, 01.08.2008

Turgut Kaplan Halil Taşkın Mehmet Altın Nurtekin Erkmen

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the state anxiety level of soccer players during the tournament according to the competitions. To the research, 22 amateur soccer players participated in voluntarily, whose average age is 22,59±2,039 year and average height is 1,77±7,361 m and average weight is 70,18±7,544 kg and average sport age is 10,82±1,943 from the soccer team of Selcuk University that takes place in league B among universities which is in constitution of Federation of Turkey University Sports. The soccer league which is organized by the Federation of Turkey University Sports includes leagues A, B and C. Selcuk University soccer team completed league B as the 1st and gained chance to play advancement matches for league A. In the research, State Trait Anxiety Inventory STAI , which was developed by Spielberger and his friends, was used to determine the anxiety level of the soccer players. It has been determined that statistically there has been a meaningful difference among the state anxiety points of the soccer players before and after the tournament, before and after the 1st, 2nd and 4th matches during the tournament before and after the competitions. P0,05 .In conclusion, it is being thought that the level of anxiety of the soccer players differs according to the importance of the competition and it is necessary to give psychological support in the process before the competition

Keywords

state anxiety, soccer, soccer players, tournament

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