Abstract:

Background: Anxiety is a psychological state of mind that affects skillful performance negatively or positively according to the type of anxiety and the way it is interpreted by the player, especially in individual games, such as badminton. On the other hand, the kinematicvariables canbetterdetermineif players’ skill performanceissuccessful. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effect of anxiety (if any) (including anxiety types trait and state) on overhead clear skill performance regardingsomekinematicvariablesforbadmintonplayers. Methods: Thestudysampleconsistedof 61beginnerbadmintonplayers(withmeanscoresof age: 14.3± 1.2years,mass: 51.20± 1.31 kg, height: 1.66 ± 0.10 m, training period: 3.9 ± 1.3 years), distributed to 3 groups based on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y questionnaire. The equivalence of these groups was calculated based on pre-test results, which were no anxiety, trait anxiety, and state anxiety. Results: The results showed that trait and state anxiety had negative effects on badminton players’ performance of overhead defensive clear shot skill in terms of some kinematic variables. The results also showed that the effect of trait anxiety was more negative thantheeffectof stateanxiety. Conclusions: Theresearchersrecommendhavingknowledgeof thelevel,type,andextentof anxiety,includingrelevanteffectson the performance of beginner badminton players in all physiological, motor, and biomechanical aspects, to develop psychological rehabilitation programs that dealwithanxietyaccordingtothetype,whichtheplayercanovercome.