Study on Sport Anxiety and Concentration of Karate Athletes

• Main Authors: Chien, Hui-Hsuan, 簡慧萱
• Other Authors: Chang, Jo-Ning
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/v3ev34

碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 競技運動訓練研究所 === 105 === Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand sport anxiety and concentration of Karate athletes. Methods: Participants were Kata athletes who participated in the try out game for Karate national team in 2017. Questionnaires for sport anxiety and concentration were administered for 30 participants (17 males, 13 females) with the mean age of 17.90 ± 2.94 years old. Descriptive statistics and 2-way repeated measure ANOVA were utilized to compare differences of sport anxiety and concentration on athletes with different gender, education, and sport experience. Results: Females had higher cognitive anxiety than males on the game day; no gender difference was found on somatic anxiety. Cognitive anxiety was higher one day before the game than game day on college athletes; no difference on somatic anxiety was found among athletes with different education. Cognitive anxiety was higher one day before the game than game day on senior athletes; no difference on somatic anxiety was found among athletes with different sport experience; somatic anxiety was higher one day before the game than game day among athletes with different sport experience. Males had better concentration than females on the game day; males had better concentration on the game day than a day before the game. No difference was found on concentration among athletes with different education. Senior athletes had better concentration on the game day than a day before the game; senior athletes had better concentration than athletes with less experience on the game day. Conclusion: In order to improve athletic skills and performance for Karate Kata athletes, coping strategies for sport anxiety and concentration should be strengthened. Keywords: Kata, mental skills, somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety