The Effect of Anxiety Level on Athlete’s Performance

Anxiety is an emotion that arises as a result of a person’s absorption due to a threatening situation for no apparent reason. Anxiety competing is something that is considered in the field of psychology in the last period of time, especially in sports psychology. In overcoming anxiety in athletes before and during the match requires several supporting factors such as self-confidence, motivation, mental toughness, mental training, gender and internal and external in athletes. Purpose: This journal will discuss the level of anxiety of athletes before and during the match in the athlete’s sports performance. Methods: This study uses a literature systematic method with inclusion of journals using English, Indonesian language journals, journals available in full text, journals examining athlete anxiety before matches, journals examining anxiety during matches, journals released in 2019-2023. Results found that there are several factors that cause athlete anxiety before and during matches, athlete motivation, athlete confidence, mental training, gender differences and mental toughness and different tribes.