A comparative study of sport motivation and competitive anxiety of free wrestling and greco-roman wrestling athletes in 11th Students Sport Olympiad

The purpose of this research was to compare sport motivation and competitive anxiety in Free wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling athletes. The statistical population included all Free wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling athletes which had been participated in 11th students sport Olympiad. The statistical sample by adjusted Cochran and regulation formula was formed and included 88 applicants (44 applicants of free wrestling and 44 applicants of Greco-Roman wrestling athletes) who were randomly selected that responded questionnaire sport motivation and competitive anxiety in sport. The results of multivariate ANOVA showed that there were significant difference between Free wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling athletes on sport motivation. Also there were significant difference between tow group on enjoyment and health pressures، mean score Greco-Roman wrestling athletes were higher than Free wrestling on enjoyment factor. In contrast، health pressures mean score of Free wrestling athletes were higher than Greco-Roman wrestling athletes. The t test for independent groups showed that there were significant differences between two groups on competitive anxiety and main score of it. In conclusion the results of current study can be discussable on competitive anxiety، for sport psychologist in term of sport motivation and its factor as well as competitive anxiety levels and attention.