Pre competition Anxiety level among junior Rugby football Team Players: Sri Lankan Perspective

Abstract

This paper examines that the action taken to reduce the pre competition anxiety level among   selected junior male Rugby football team in the Sri Lankan context. The major purpose of  this study  is  to  find  the answer for  the  question,  how  to  reduce  the  pre  competition  anxiety  level  among  selected rugby players. The research was based on  the qualitative method. One group pretest, posttest design of the pre experimental design has been selected in this research. It has got only the treatment group but not the control group. The  sample was  taken  from population  at  the  under  19  years  male  Rugby  football  school  teams  of  western province  in Stratified  sampling  technique. Twenty three male rugby football players were the sample size for this research. The specific training schedule was utilized by researcher  to  reduce  the pre competition  anxiety  level  in  selected  sample within  twelve weeks  of  time  period. Interviews, questionnaire, observations, field notes, tests, photographs, audio and videotaping were used to gather data.  Interviews were used  to  identify  the  research  topic;  questionnaires were  used  to  analyze  the  anxiety level. Charts, graphs, line charts, tables, mean value and Minitab software were used to analyze the data. The researcher found that the implemented action plan helps to answer the research questions. This type of research can be utilized in the future in same context.

Key Words: Anxiety level, Pre competition and Rugby foot ball Team Players