RT Journal Article
T1 Level of Precompetitive Anxiety and Self-Confidence in High Level Padel Players.
A1 Castillo-Rodriguez, Alfonso
A1 Hernández-Mendo, Antonio
A1 Alvero-Cruz, José Ramón
A1 Onetti-Onetti, Wanesa
A1 Fernández-García, José Carlos
K1 anxiety
K1 category
K1 competition
K1 padel
K1 raquet sports
K1 self-confidence
AB The objectives of the present study were firstly to evaluate precompetitive anxiety and self-confidence (SC) in padel players according to their playing level; and secondly, to study the factors that influence the levels of precompetitive anxiety and SC. One hundred padel players, all of whom were federated men (age: M = 27.6, SD = 7.5 years; weight: M = 73.4, SD = 9.8 kg; height: M = 175.6, SD = 7.5 cm) participated in the research. The CSAI-2 (Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2) questionnaire was used and a one-way ANOVA and a two- and three-ways MANOVA were conducted. The results show that the players from a better category had higher scores in SC and lower scores in somatic anxiety (SA) (η 2 = 0.10 and η 2 = 0.12, respectively). Moreover, the factors of category, body mass index (BMI) and experience, predicted 82% of the variance explained by the SC of the player. As a conclusion, this study has made it possible to ascertain that the playing category, understood as the level of the padel players, determines the levels of anxiety and SC and represents a key factor for the prediction of sports performance.
SN 1664-1078
YR 2022
FD 2022-06-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20728
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20728
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 12, 2025