Predicting social anxiety and mental fitness of skilled badminton players by physical fitness

Due to the periodic nature and intense and rapid activities of badminton, in addition to technical and tactical skills, attention should be paid to psychological skills that play a significant role in badminton.

The present study attempts to investigate the predictive role of physical fitness characteristics on social anxiety and mental fitness of skilled badminton players.

The method of the present study is descriptive-correlational. Participants of the present study were selected due to the existing limitations (lack of skilled athletes), 20 male and female athletes (East Azerbaijan province who are members of the national team and participants of the national league) with an age range of 15 to 20 years. Sargent springs and jumps were used to measure anaerobic power, bass balance to measure dynamic balance, mental fitness questionnaire (to measure mental fitness) and social anxiety questionnaire (SAQ) were used to analyze anxiety. For data analysis, Pearson correlation and regression by Inter method were used.

After reviewing the data, the results showed that there was a good correlation between mental fitness and physical fitness variables and due to the high levels of beta and t and low levels of physical fitness, a high predictive role. In mental fitness, but there is a weak and insignificant relationship between physical fitness and social anxiety factors: social anxiety and sergeant jump (p = 0.081), bass anxiety and balance (p = 0.095), social anxiety And rast (p = 0.762).

According to the obtained values, it can be concluded that physical fitness has a great impact on the mental states of athletes and affects these characteristics, and the higher the physical fitness of athletes, the higher their mental fitness. As a result, things like self-confidence, concentration, mental imagery, and many other things that are part of mental fitness are affected and reinforce these variables in professional athletes, as well as Professional athletes have low social anxiety due to long-term presence in sports fields and high experience in social situations, and physical fitness factors do not have a predictive role on social anxiety of professional athletes.