COMPARISON OF THE ANXIETY LEVELS IN 8-WEEK BUTTERFLY TECHNIQUE SWIMMING EDUCATION

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare the anxiety levels of students (n= 15; age= 24.27±2.5 years) when learning 8-week swimming with butterfly technique for the first time in swimming class at the faculty of sports. The state-trait anxiety questionnaires developed by Spielberger et al. in 1966 and adapted to Turkish culture by Öner and Le Compte in 1983 were prefered and applied for pre-test and post-test. Statistical analyzes were performed using SPSS 17.0 package program. For the pre-test and post-test evaluation, descriptive statistical analysis of the data, Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used for pre-test and post-test comparisons. As a result, when the state and trait anxiety tests were compared before and after 8-week swimming education with butterfly technique, it was found that there was a decrease in both levels of anxiety level (p<0.05). This result indicates that the level of anxiety is affected by the learning process of a sporting skill