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Relationship Between State Anxiety and Performance in Swimming Competition

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Abstract The present study intends to examine the relationship between state anxiety and performance in swimming competiton. The questionnaire which were composed of state anxiety (20 items) and it's related f...actors(65 items) were administered to 258 male and 218 female swimmers of final race in West Japan Swimming Competition by Age Group in 1986. Their performance level (%), the degree of showing ability to the full, were calculated in a formula; best record
record of final race X 100. Main results are summarized as follows; 1. The average of performance level of final race was 98.44 percent in total swimmers. The swimmers of high-rank winners were higher level in performance than the swimmers of low-rank players. 2. State anxiety score which was measured just before the final races was 36.5 point(range of score is 20 to 80). The swimmers of high-rank winners were lower score in state anxiety than the swimmers of low-rank players. 3. Relationship between state anxiety and performance showed the inverted-U curve. Namely, the swimmers with moderate anxiety score were at higher level in performance, and the swimmers with higher or lower anxiety score were at lower level.
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Created Date 2009.09.10
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