• Mujib-Ur-Rehman
• Dr. Manoj Kumar Pathak

The concept of pre-competitive anxiety was defined as an unpleasant emotion which is characterized by vague but persistent feeling of apprehension and dread before an event. Traced the sources of pre-competitive anxiety to an imbalance between perceived challenges and capabilities. It also enumerated signs and symptoms of pre-competitive anxiety to include: paralyzing fear, inability to concentrate, sweating, shaking, shortness of breath, dizziness and increase heart rate. The effect of precompetitive anxiety on sport performance and techniques of dealing with pre-competitive anxiety which include: teaching the athletes to know what is fear; visualization, goal setting, relaxation, self-confidence, distracting oneself and focusing on that which could be controlled were also discussed. Sports is littered with broken dreams of those whose performance collapsed when they are most needed to be in control of themselves and focus on the task at hand. It is not uncommon to see athletes “freeze” in big games or moments or commit unexplainable error in the course of their performance. One of the main sources of pre-competitive anxiety in sports could be due to perceived stress. How the athletes think about the sports competition and not the competition itself could be a source of pre-competitive anxiety. Pre-competitive anxiety results from an imbalance between perceived capabilities and the elements of the sports environment. When the perceived demands are balanced by the perceived capabilities, athletes experience optimal arousal often referred to as the flow state. At this stage everything appears to go on smoothly. However, if athlete perceived capabilities exceed the sport challenge, arousal will decrease resulting in boredom or lack of motivation, if the opposite occur (perceived challenge) exceed capabilities; athlete will be over arousal resulting in worry and anxiety. Therefore precompetitive anxiety results when skills and abilities are not perceived as equivalent to the sport challenge.

Comparative study, pre-competitive anxiety, volleyball, male and female, inability Jammu University

"Comparative study of pre-competitive anxiety and motivation between male and female volleyball players of Jammu University", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no.1344-1353, January-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101168.pdf

"Comparative study of pre-competitive anxiety and motivation between male and female volleyball players of Jammu University", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no. pp1344-1353, January-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101168.pdf