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Anxiety is an arousal state of mind which has both negative and positive effects on sports performance. The purpose of the study was to compare the level of anxiety between male and female national cricketer of Gujarat. Forty (40) weight lifters (male = 20, female = 20) who have participated in the national championships were taken as the subjects. The age of the subjects ranged from 17 to 25years. To find out their level of anxiety, Sports Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) developed by Martens (1977) was administered on the subjects. T-test was used to analyze the data. Results of the study revealed no significant difference between male and female national weight lifters of Gujarat with regard to sports competition anxiety. Introduction Competition is a situation in which two or more individuals or groups struggle for complete or larger share of a particular goal in which the successor their performance is related to each other. Thus, sports competition may be considered--as an open conflict when the individual or group makes effort to surpass the other individual or the group in any sporting activity for which the competition is held. Anxiety has both positive as well as negative effects on the performance of athletes. Anxiety refers to that emotional state of mind where a fear of danger or loss of hearing is a prominent feature. It generally arises as a result of fear of something unknown that creates tension and disturbance in the homeostasis on the individual (Kocher & Pratap, 1972).It is evident from the review that numerous investigations have been conducted by the contemporary researchers taking into account psychological parameters important in competitive sports However; the studies in regard to weight lifters are scanty. Since, in order to fill the existing gap, present work has been designed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects For the purpose of this study 40 weight lifters (male = 20, female =20) who represented Gujarat state in the national championships were considered as subjects Tools For measuring the anxiety of the subjects a questionnaire developed by Martens (1977) was used. It is a three point likert type scale having 15 items. It is a popular tool being used by the psychologists for measuring the anxiety level. Its reliability has been reported as 0.85 according to its norms. Procedure The questionnaire was administered on the subjects during coaching camp at Junagadh (Gujarat), jointly organized by Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG) and Directorate of Youth Affairs and Sports, Gujarat. Data Analysis The data thus collected were given to statistical treatment computing‘t’ ratio to find out the difference if any, between the experimental groups on competition anxiety. The obtained results have been presented in the following table:

A Comparative Study of Sports Competition Anxiety Between Male and Female Cricket Players of Gujarat