Evaluation of the Competitive Anxiety in Santiago de Cuba Junior Baseball Team

Abstract

Santiago de Cuba is one of the provinces with better sport outputs in all Cuban history. In fact, baseball is one of the disciplines vanguards in this sense, however, last years, like achievements have been seen affected. They are multiple answers that technicians, investigators and specialists have attempted to offer it to these unfortunate events. The junior baseball has not been exempt to this problem and, in such sensitive, Sport Psychologist, has occupied an important paper in the study and search of scientific alternatives that they contribute to revert these outputs. During the 3 last years have been observed manifestations elevated from competitive anxiety in baseball team of this category, this act motivates this letter investigation, it pretends to diagnose rigorously how it have been introduced this negative emotion in this population. In order to the objective was selected like pattern at 25 members of the junior team. The study is descriptive could register, analyze and describe the general characteristics of the anxiety in royal moments of the sessions of training and the competitions. It leans on quali-quantitative methodology employing psychological techniques like observation, interview, CSAI-2, tests Attitude for the competition and Appreciation of the time and pulse´s measurement. The diagnostic evaluation made evident high incidence of competitive anxiety reflected through cognitive, physiologic and behavioral manifestations, this imposes the future challenge to regulate such behaviors that permit to improve the competitive result.