ANXIETY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE COMPETITOR`S RESULT

Namen raziskovalnega dela je bil ugotoviti, ali izvajanje tehnik sproščanja vpliva na zmanjšanje tekmovalčeve anksioznosti. Naša meritev je zajemala vzorec velikosti 37 merjencev iz različnih slovenskih klubov (Košarkarski klub Pivovarna Laško, Rokometni klub Dol TKI Hrastnik in Kolesarski klub Celje). Z dvema vprašalnikoma anksioznosti Stai X1 in Stai X2 ter splošnim vprašalnikom (demografski vprašalnik) smo ugotovili stopnjo stanja in poteze anksioznosti posameznika. Nato smo na podlagi rezultatov izbrali pet merjencev, ki so kazali najvišjo stopnjo anksioznosti, ter jih naučili tehniko sproščanja – različnih dihalnih vaj, z namenom zmanjšati tekmovalčevo anksioznost pred tekmovanjem. Po vadbi dihalnih vaj, ki je trajala štiri tedne, in mnogih udeležbah na različnih tekmovanjih so merjenci ponovno rešili vprašalnike. Primerjali smo rezultate pred vadbo dihalnih vaj za sproščanje in po njej. Z opisno statistiko in analizo variance je bilo ugotovljeno, da ne prihaja do bistvenih razlik v stanju in potezi anksioznosti med športniki ekipnih športov in športniki individualnih športov. Vrednosti torej ne kažejo na statistično pomembne razlike med tistimi športniki, ki tekmujejo v ekipnih športih, in tistimi, ki tekmujejo v individualnih športih. Opravljen eksperiment je pokazal, da uporaba sprostitvenih tehnik (dihalnih vaj) vpliva na izboljšanje stanja predtekmovalne anksioznosti.The aim of the thesis was to establish if performing relaxation techniques reduces a competitor\u27s anxiety. Our measurement comprised a group of 37 participants from various Slovene clubs (Basketball Club Pivovarna Laško, Handball Club Dol TKI Hrastnik, Cycling Club Celje). By means of two questionnaires on anxiety Stai X1 and Stai X2, together with the general (demographic) questionnaire we established the level and state of anxiety with every individual. On the basis of the latter results, we chose 5 participants, namely those who displayed a higher level of anxiety. We taught them a relaxation technique- various breathing exercises with the view of diminishing the competitor\u27s anxiety during a competition/match. After the performance of the breathing exercises lasting for 4 weeks, and numerous participations at different competitions, the participants responded to the questionnaire again. We compared the results before and after carrying out the breathing relaxation exercises. By means of the above described statistics and analysis of variation, we came to the conclusion that there is no major difference in the level and state of anxiety among team players and athletes of individual sports. The values therefore, do not indicate statistically relevant differences as the study did not show statistically relevant differences among team players and athletes of individual sports. The experiment proved that the use of relaxation techniques (breathing exercises) improves the state of pre-competitive anxiety