Relationship between state anxiety and success rate in game performance, coach’s evaluation among Japanese university volleyball players

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between state anxiety and individual athletic game performance. The subjects were 54 male players of 4 teams (The average age was 20.5 (SD=1.09) years), who participated in the Kanto university men's volleyball league games in the spring of year 2010. The subjects were asked to respond to a Japanese version of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), which was measured at 4 time periods (the day before, the day of game, just before the game, just after the game) for each of a total of 40 games (each team played 10 games). The results were as follows: (1) Relationships between state anxiety and success rate in game performance (spike, reception, block) showed different correlation depending on each game performance.(2) The group of players who performed well in games collected by coaches scored lower than the more badly-performing group in the score of state anxiety on the day of game and just after the game.(3) The temporal change of the score of state anxiety from just before the game to just after the game was different depending on whether they performed well or not in games.

<b>Ansiedade pré-competitiva em atletas de nado sincronizado: uma análise à luz dos aspectos emocionais</b> doi: 10.4025/reveducfis.v24i2.16024

“…Pesquisas nacionais e internacionais, realizadas nos últimos oito anos, analisaram a ansiedade em diversas modalidades de esporte, tais como futebol (BARTHOLOMEU et al, 2010;BURNAY, 2008;FERREIRA, 2008;HORIKAWA;YAGI, 2012;TAVARES, 2006); atletismo (VASCONCELOS-RAPOSO et al, 2007;VIEIRA et al, 2011); basquete (GRAIB; QABLAN; ALDMOUR, 2012; SANTOS, 2008); vôlei (SONOO et al, 2010;YAMADA et al, 2012); hóquei em patins (FERREIRA, 2006); corrida de aventura (ANTUNES et al, 2006); canoagem (LAVOURA; BOTURA; MACHADO, 2006) e natação (BARBACENA; GRISI, 2008;BARROS;DE ROSE JUNIOR, 2006). Vale ressaltar que há escassez de estudos com ansiedade e nado sincronizado na área da psicologia esportiva.…”