This study is to establish the relationship between the competitive state anxiety and athletic performances of professional and college volleyball players.
To carry on this study, the survey was conducted on volleyball players from five professional teams and five college teams. Among 139 questionnaires, 122 questionnaires were analyzed except 17 questionnaires
due to improper responses, no responses, double checking and unconfirmed information about athletic performances.
Statistical analysis was carried on through SPSS 22.0 statistics program.
As competitive state anxiety factors, cognitive anxiety, physical anxiety and state confidence were measured before starting games. To measure athletic performances, attack success rate, serve success rate, blockingsuccess rate, the accurate receiving, and mistakes per set.
The main results of this study are as followings.
First, partial differences of competitive state anxiety degree existed to a demographic characteristic of professional and college volleyball players. There were differences in cognitive anxiety and state confidence to teams and ages. Also there were differences in physical anxiety and
state confidence to career. However, there was no difference in positions.
Second, differences of athletic performances showed to a demographic characteristic of professional and college volleyball players. Differences were verified to teams, ages, and positions. Teams influenced the blocking success rate, mistakes per set. Ages had an effect on the
accurate receiving. Career did the blocking success rate and accurate receiving. Positions did the blocking success rate, serve success rate, accurate receiving and mistakes per set.
There was a highly correlation between athletic performances and competitive state anxiety of professional and college volleyball players.
“Cognitive anxiety” was highly correlated with attack success rate, blocking success rate, serve success rate and mistake per set. “Physical anxiety” were correlated with attack success rate, blocking success rate, serve success rate. “State confidence” was highly correlated with blocking success rate, serve success rate, accurate receiving, digg success rate, mistake per set.
Fourth, competitive state anxiety of professional and college volley players had an effect on athletic performances. “Attack success rate ”is influenced by cognitive and physical anxiety. “Blocking success rate” is
done by cognitive anxiety, physical anxiety and state confidence. “Serve success rate” is done by physical anxiety and state confidence.
“Accurate receiving ”is done by cognitive anxiety and state confidence.
“Digg success rate ” by state confidence and “mistake per set” was analyzed to be influenced by cognitive anxiety and state confidence.