Assessing the anxiety level of a volleyball team

Abstract

Modern sport activity implies a lot of stress and anxiety, factors that can limit the performance level of a sportive at any category. The study focused on highlighting the importance of assessing the level of anxiety of a volleyball team. The research took place in the season 2019-2020, between 01 September 2019 and 31 March 2020, at the women volleyball club ACS Alpha Sport Team from Sibiu, Romania. The sample of research was the mini volleyball representative of ACS Alpha Sport Team, composed by 15 volleyball players of female gender (n=15), with age between 8-11 years old (10.07±2.04 years old) with an experience of 1-2 years. The research method used was the Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) that was used for assessing the anxiety level of the sportive before and after the competition, also the results of the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistic indicators. The research of our investigation showed that initial anxiety level evaluated at the initial testing in September 2019 (average 23.33) was considered high, the final evaluation of anxiety showed real improvement in the anxiety level (average of 17.33). The conclusions of the research highlighted the idea that using special training for psychological preparation, playing official games and also friendly games can improve the mental strength and also reduce the anxiety level.

Keywords

• anxiety
• competition stress
• volleyball