Study On Pre-competition Psychological Anxiety Of Dance Cheerleading Players And Its Influencing Factors

Cheerleading dance is based on dance movements,which incorporates various types of dance elements.It is a complete set of movements that are completed by combining certain difficult movements and cooperating with prescribed equipment.Pre-match anxiety has always been a research hotspot,and its importance has been paid attention to by many coaches.Therefore,the related research on the psychological anxiety of dance cheerleaders before the competition is of great significance.This article focuses on the pre-match psychological anxiety of dance cheerleaders and the influencing factors.Through literature data method,interview method,questionnaire survey method,mathematical statistics and logical analysis method,it uses the recognized cognitive trait anxiety scale in the field of sports psychology and Competitive State Anxiety Scale,conducted related research and analysis of 61 team members participating in the cheerleading event of the college group of the National Sports Training Competition League Championship.Among them,13 were boys and 48 were girls.I also interviewed 4 cheerleading dancers who participated in the World All-Star Cheerleading Club competition in 2018.The current stage of dance cheerleaders’ pre-match psychological anxiety level and the influencing factors of anxiety are investigated and statistically analyzed,and the pre-match anxiety and gender of dance cheerleaders,training years,sports level,number of competitions,and competition events are discussed.The relationship between the two will provide valuable reference content for future research in related fields.This article has established the basic scope and methods of research by consulting a large number of books and articles on cheerleading,sports psychology,sports training,sports statistics,etc.Using Excel and Spss statistical software to perform independent sample T test,difference test,correlation test,and ranking of impact factors on the anxiety scale and player-related information data to analyze the relationship between pre-match anxiety and player-related information.Research indicates:1.The dance cheerleading team members will have different degrees of psychological anxiety before the competition.The psychological anxiety will vary according to the gender of the team members,the training years,the number of entries,the level and the entries.2.In the competition state anxiety scale,there is a positive correlation between cognitive state anxiety and somatic state anxiety,and a negative correlation between somatic state anxiety and state self-confidence.3.In terms of the ranking of the influencing factors of sports cognitive trait anxiety,the highest score was "worry about their own competitive performance" in the dimension of competitive performance,while the lowest score was "sometimes worry about bad competition and avoid competition" in the dimension of failure anxiety.4.As for the ranking of the influencing factors of competition state anxiety,the highest score is "I am confident to finish the competition under such pressure" in the state confidence dimension.The lowest score was in the somatic state anxiety dimension,"I felt my stomach sink."This paper proposes the following suggestions:Pay attention to the influence of the psychological anxiety of dance cheerleaders before the game;according to the differences of the players’ gender,sports performance,sports years,number of competitions,and competition events,different anxiety relief programs and training are formulated for different stages before the game.Methods,especially pre-match psychological adjustment and training;according to the main factors of pre-match anxiety,adjust the psychological training methods.