Vol. 1, Issue 11, Part P (2015)

Anxiety exerts a variety of effects on the performance of handball players. These effects vary based on the age, gender, and level of experience. To facilitate peak performances by the players, sport psychologists must consider anxiety as an important variable which plays a very significant role in the performance of the players. In the present study, an attempt is made to analyze the role of anxiety on the performance of men handball players of Maharashtra State. Normative survey method was used to collect the required data. The Burns Anxiety Inventory was employed to collect the data on the anxiety level of men handball players. The total number of 126 men handball players in the age group of 18–25 years belonging to different districts of Maharashtra state was selected randomly as sample of the study. The normative survey method was used to collect the data. The survey revealed that majority of the participants had average level of anxiety.