Purpose: The current study was to examine the impact of anxiety of the badminton short serves of the 4-6 grades in elementary school badminton players. There were four purposes in the study: (1) investigating the relationship among the competition state anxieties (includes cognitive anxiety, confidence, and somatic anxiety) of different levels of the sport competition trait anxiety, (2) investigating the relationship between the sport competition trait anxiety and short service scores, (3) understanding the relationship between the competition state anxiety (includes cognitive anxiety, confidence and somatic anxiety) and short service scores, and (4) predicting the player's short service scores from the background variables and competition state anxiety. Methods: One hundred and fifty-seven badminton players from ten elementary schools in Taipei were recruited as the participants. They were filled the Sport Competition Anxiety Test for Children (SCAT-C) and Competition State Anxiety Inventory-2 for Children (CSAI-2C) 30 minutes before the tests. Results: The significant differences, via the t-test (p<.01), were found in the SCAT-C scores and service scores between the high and low trait anxiety groups. The high trait anxiety group's cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety scores were higher than those in the low trait anxiety group; whereas the confidence and short service scores were lower in the high than the low trait anxiety groups. The Pearson product-moment correlation analysis showed: (1) a negative but low relationship between the cognitive anxiety and short service scores, r=-.19, p<.05, (2) a positive but low relationship between the confidence and short service scores, r=.18, p<.05, and (3) a negative but low relationship between the somatic anxiety and short service scores, r=-.11, p>.05. Conclusion: With the multiple regression analysis, it was found that the grade, years in sport, and cognitive anxiety variables has a direct influence on the short service scores.
Purpose: The current study was to examine the impact of anxiety of the badminton short serves of the 4-6 grades in elementary school badminton players. There were four purposes in the study: (1) investigating the relationship among the competition state anxieties (includes cognitive anxiety, confidence, and somatic anxiety) of different levels of the sport competition trait anxiety, (2) investigating the relationship between the sport competition trait anxiety and short service scores, (3) understanding the relationship between the competition state anxiety (includes cognitive anxiety, confidence and somatic anxiety) and short service scores, and (4) predicting the player's short service scores from the background variables and competition state anxiety. Methods: One hundred and fifty-seven badminton players from ten elementary schools in Taipei were recruited as the participants. They were filled the Sport Competition Anxiety Test for Children (SCAT-C) and Competition State Anxiety Inventory-2 for Children (CSAI-2C) 30 minutes before the tests. Results: The significant differences, via the t-test (p<.01), were found in the SCAT-C scores and service scores between the high and low trait anxiety groups. The high trait anxiety group's cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety scores were higher than those in the low trait anxiety group; whereas the confidence and short service scores were lower in the high than the low trait anxiety groups. The Pearson product-moment correlation analysis showed: (1) a negative but low relationship between the cognitive anxiety and short service scores, r=-.19, p<.05, (2) a positive but low relationship between the confidence and short service scores, r=.18, p<.05, and (3) a negative but low relationship between the somatic anxiety and short service scores, r=-.11, p>.05. Conclusion: With the multiple regression analysis, it was found that the grade, years in sport, and cognitive anxiety variables has a direct influence on the short service scores.