Abstract:
The increased stress of competitions can cause athletes to react both physically and mentally in a manner that can negatively affect their performance abilities. This has led coaches to take an increasing interest in the field of sport psychology and in particular in the area of competitive anxiety. The importance of a sports psychologist as an integral member of the coaching and health care teams is widely recognized. Sports psychologists can teach skills to help athletes enhance their learning process and motor skills, cope with competitive pressures. The purpose of the study to find out the role of sports psychologist in team performance. For the present study 100 players were selected from Annamalai University Chidambaram. The effective sample consisted of 100 players (Kabaddi, Basketball, Badminton and cricket players), 50 players given the sports counseling and 50 players not given the sports counseling age range 18-25 years. Singh personal stress source inventory and sinha comprehensive anxiety test were used for the study. The results related to the hypothesis have been recorded. The Players not given the Sports Counseling players have significantly high stress than the given the sports counseling. The Players who have not given the Sports Counseling players have significantly high anxiety than the given the sports counseling.
Author Name : Dr. K. Rajendran
Keywords: Stress, Anxiety, Sports Counseling.
Leave a Reply