Variations in anxiety dimensions during national football competition in u-17 category/ VARIACOES DAS DIMENSOES DA ANSIEDADE DURANTE COMPETICAO NACIONAL DE FUTEBOL NA CATEGORIA SUB17

Football is a complex sport that requires athletes to have high levels of preparation and physical, technical, tactical and psychological control. Therefore, the present study had as objective to verify the variations in the dimensions of the anxiety during a national soccer competition in the U-17 category. The sample was composed of 18 male soccer players from the first division of the Paranaense championship, with a mean age of 16.7 [+ or -] 0.5 years. In order to measure precompetitive anxiety, a reduced version of the CSAI-2 questionnaire was used, before 4 soccer matches for the Belo Horizonte Soccer Cup U-17. Somatic, cognitive and self-confidence anxiety for Matches 1, 2, 3, 4 showed median values ranging from 9-11; 5 and 20 points in this order. When comparing anxiety with self-confidence, it was shown to be superior in all matches played, ranging from 55.6%-58.9%. On correlations, these demonstrated for Match 1 a moderate negative correlation between cognitive anxiety and self-confidence r = -0.522 (p = 0.02). For Match 2, a moderate negative correlation was found between cognitive anxiety and self-confidence r = -0.640 (p = 0.004). Concluding that the athletes presented high levels of self-confidence during the matches. Key words: Football. Anxiety. Self confidence. O Futebol e um esporte complexo, que exige dos atletas altos niveis de preparo e controle fisico, tecnico, tatico e psicologico. Diante disso, o presente estudo teve como objetivo verificar as variacoes das dimensoes da ansiedade durante uma competicao nacional de Futebol na categoria Sub17. Fizeram parte da amostra 18 atletas do sexo masculino de Futebol de Campo, da primeira divisao do campeonato paranaense, com idade media de 16,7 [+ or -] 0,5 anos. Para mensurar a ansiedade pre-competitiva, foi utilizada uma versao reduzida do questionario de CSAI-2, antes de quatro jogos pela Taca Belo Horizonte de Futebol Sub17. A ansiedade somatica, cognitiva e autoconfianca para os Jogos 1, 2, 3, 4 mostraram valores medianos variando de 9-11; 5 e 20 pontos nesta ordem. Ao comparar a ansiedade com a autoconfianca, esta se demostrou superior em todos os jogos disputados variando de 55,6%-58,9%. Sobre as correlacoes estas demostraram para o Jogo 1 uma correlacao negativa moderada, entre ansiedade cognitiva e autoconfianca r = -0,522 (p=0,02). Para o Jogo 2, foi encontrada uma correlacao negativa moderada entre ansiedade cognitiva e autoconfianca r = -0,640 (p=0,004). Concluindo a autoconfianca a