Author(s): Dr. Badal Kumar Jana

Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to examine the Relationship among Somatic Anxiety, Cognitive Anxiety and Self-Confidence with the performance of Distance Runners. The Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) by Rainer Marten were utilized based on their ability to assess a number of different psychological state thought which is crucial for proper mental preparation prior to athletic competition as well as for their psychometric properties. These inventories were employed to determine pre-competition levels of Somatic Anxiety, Cognitive Anxiety and Self-Confidence of Middle-Distance Runners. Thirty females middle distance runners were randomly selected from Inter College State Sports and Games Championship (2019-2020) which was held at NSNIS, Salt lake, Kolkata. The age of subjects ranged between 18-25 years. Pearson's product moment correlation was employed to examine the relationship. The level of confidence was set at 0.05 level. The findings revealed that somatic anxiety have significant impact on performance of middle-distance runners because somatic anxiety is a conditional response in performance arena. Therefore, it shows that once performance begins and it has significant effect on the performance of cognitive anxiety and self-confidence also shows significant relationship with performance.

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