Vol. 3, Issue 8, Part A (2017)

Abstract
The purpose of the study was to assess the somatic Anxiety of different Sports Disciplines. For the purpose of the study, both male and female college level students of the age group 18 to 26 years were selected as the subjects.30 subjects from team sports and 30 subjects from individual sports (Basketball, Athletics, Football and Table Tennis) were selected for the study as subjects. The variable for the study was somatic Anxiety. It was hypothesised that there would be significant difference in somatic sports anxiety among the different competitive sports discipline. The statistical technique used was Descriptive Statistics: Mean, Standard Deviation, Range, minimum and maximum of the raw scores. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The study concluded that somatic anxiety of four sports was found significantly different. The study revealed that football players were found to have more somatic anxiety than Athletes who were calm.