The Relationship Between Psychological Variables to Performance in State University Basketball Players

Aim: The purpose of the study was to find out relationship between Competition Anxiety and performance among university basketball players. Selection of Subjects: Forty Eight men Basketball players, who participated in MP state university basketball tournament, held at Shadol, M.P. were selected for this study. The men basketball players were going through their regular university course and were from top four team’s of state university basketball tournament. Their age ranged between 18 to 28 years. Selection of Variables: The data on sports competition anxiety was calculated by administrating SCAT (Sport Competition Anxiety test) (Adult Form) by R. Marten few hours before the competition. to state university basketball players, Hypothesis: It was hypothesized that no significant relationship would be found between Competition Anxiety and performance among university basketball players. Statistic: The statistical technique used was “Pearson’s Product Moment Method” of correlation to find out any relationship in between Competition Anxiety and sports performance of state university basketball players. The significance of ‘r’ correlation was seen with 46 degree of freedom and at .05 level of confidence for state university basketball players. Results: The statistical technique used was “Pearson’s Product Moment Method” of correlation to find out any relationship in between Competition Anxiety and sports performance of state university basketball players. The significance of ‘r’ correlation was seen with 46 degree of freedom and at .05 level of confidence for men basketball players. Conclusion: There is significant relationship was that between Competition Anxiety and sports performance of men basketball players.