COMPARISION OF AGGRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG DEFFENSIVEAND OFFENSIVE MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF UTTAR PRADESH

The purpose of this study was to study the comparision of aggression and anxiety among defensive and offensive male football players of Uttar Pradesh. For the purpose of the study, two groups namely defensive and offensive male football players who have participated in senior national (Santosh trophy) tournament from Uttar Pradesh. Sports competition anxiety questionnaire (SCAT) of Renier Marten & Sports Aggression inventory questionnaire developed by Anand Kumar and P.S. Shukla were selected to collect the data. The anxiety questionnaires were administrated to each player prior to the competition. Where as aggression questionnaire were distributed to each football players for their response immediately after the competition.To find the significance difference between defensive and offensive male football players on anxiety and aggression, the't' ratio was applied. The level of significance was set at .05. The result revealed that there is no significant difference between defensive and attacking football players in anxiety. The result also revealed that there is a significant difference between defensive and attacking football players in aggression.