Author(s): T Nambi Sundarajan and Dr. STN Rajeswaran

Abstract:
Volleyball is a sport originated in the United States, and is now just achieving the type of popularity in the U.S. that it has received on a global basis, where it ranks behind only soccer among participation sports. The object of the game is for each team to sand the ball regularly over the net to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the ball from being grounded on its own court. The ball is put into play by the right back-row player who serves the ball by hitting it over the net to the opponent’s court. A team is allowed to hit the ball three times. In addition to the block contact to return it to the opponent’s court. To achieve the purpose of the study was the variations on cognitive and self-confidence among the teams of quarter finalists at South-Zone Inter University Volleyball players. The players belong to teams those who were entered in to semifinals at All India Inter University Volleyball tournament totally 48 were selected. The samples were in the age group of 18-25. This study, the data were collected on cognitive anxiety and self-confidence from the players of teams of semifinals. Before collecting the data from the subjects, with the view to get accuracy in quality of data, the steps were taken to get voluntary response from the subjects. For that the nature and purpose of the present study were clearly informed to them. To test the significance of the mean difference among the teams ranked winner, runner, third and fourth on criterion measures of cognitive anxiety and self-confidence one-way analysis of variance was used in case of significance of mean difference observed on criterion measure, to find out which pair of group grown up, as post-hoc test the schefee test was applied. It is the most stringiest form test. In the criterion measures used in the study, significance mean difference was observed among the teams rankings of semifinals (winner, runner, third and fourth places) on cognitive anxiety and self-confidence. In cognitive anxiety it was observed that winning team has fewer in self-confidence as compared to third and fourth place, whereas winning team is not differ significantly. In self-confidence, winning team has more self-confidence as compared to third and fourth place, whereas winning team is not differ from team secured second place significantly.

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