The Relationship Between Coping Strategies,Goal Setting And Competitive Anxiety With Athletic Performance Of The Students In Single And Group Teams

AbstractThe present study considers the relationship between coping strategies, goal-setting and competitive anxiety with athletic performance of the students in single and group teams. The subjects were 170 boys selected at random out of high school students in 2008-2009.To gather the data,we conducted coping strategies in sport,goal setting and competitive anxiety questionnaires as well as athletic performance checklist. The results show that there was a significant relationship between task -based coping strategies with athletic performance of the students in group teams(r=0.23