A Comparison of Sports Performance Anxiety and Sports Confidence Among The Athletes

The purpose of the study was to compare the Sports Performance Anxiety and Sports Confidence among different sports persons. Today, sport is not just a recreation. Nowadays, there are various scopes concerning sports for people as well as our society. Presently, it is in the process of transformation. Concentrated efforts are now being made to bring physical education into the mainstream of education. In the process, there are both problems and solutions, embarrassment and insights, and finally confusion and adjustment.Sports performance anxiety as one of the variables that were considered in this study led this academic work to the indicator of how athletes and competitors are affected by anxiety in their sports performance. Related studies about somatic, worry, and concentration disruption were gathered as the apprehension of how sports performance anxiety is associated with this study.Sport confidence is regarded as a key success factor for athletes at all levels. According to studies, sports confidence is a multifaceted concept rather than a talent variable construct, and the sport confidence model established three distinct forms of sports confidence (i.e., physical skill and training, cognitive efficiency, and resilience) that are needed for sporting success (Machida, 2017).This study was employed with a non-experimental comparative design. Specifically, this study was applied for a comparative study approach since the study seeks to compare different individuals in respect of their psychological variables as well as the relationship of different variables will also be considered in the study.The subjects of the study were male athletes who attended national-level sports in different universities and clubs in West Bengal. 120 subjects were selected from 2 different sports areas viz Track & Field and Football. Athletes’ mean age was 25 and the mean of years of their participation in sport was at least 4 to 5 years.The study was conducted on two psychological variables i.e., Sports Performance Anxiety (SPA) and Sports Confidence (SC). Sports performance anxiety as one of the variables analyzed for athletes in this study led this academic work to the indicator of how an athlete or competitor was affected by anxiety in their sports performance.