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

摘要

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