HUBUNGAN ANTARA MENTAL TOUGHNESS DENGAN COMPETITIVE ANXIETY PADA ATLET BOLA VOLI

game, while competitive anxiety is an negative behavior in the face of a game. This study aimed to determine whether there is a relationship between mental toughness attitude with competitive anxiety behavior among volleyball athletes in Pare Kediri East Java. The method used in this research was correlational quantitative method with purposive sampling technique. This study of 118 volleyball athletes, It’s got the results thourgh data analysis with the help of product moment Pearson SPSS 21.0 show is significant negative correlation between mental toughness attitude with competitive anxiety behavior. The higher of mental toughness attitude by the volleyball athlete then the lower competitive anxiety behavior by the voleyball athlete (r -0,670 and p 0,000). Then the higher of mental toughness attitude it can reduce competitive anxiety behavior in the athlete, especially volleyball athlete