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Omer Jamil Al-Jaafreh
This study aimed to identify the competition anxiety level among West Asian Combined Table Tennis Championships players and to identify the differences in the competition anxiety level among West Asian Combined Table Tennis Championships players according to the variables of gender, and age group. The researcher used the descriptive approach. The sample of the study was chosen by the non-probability approach consisting of (48) male and female players representing the Jordanian table tennis team. The motivational anxiety scale for athletes prepared by Allawi (1998) was used. The scale consisted of (20) paragraphs. The results showed that the anxiety level among West Asian Combined Table Tennis Championship players was high. The results showed that there were no differences in the anxiety level among West Asian Combined Table Tennis Championship players according to the gender variable. The results showed that the competition anxiety level among West Asian Combined Table Tennis Championship players according to the groups of the age group variable was between the (senior) groups and the rest of the groups in favor of the rest of the groups and that the age groups had competition anxiety higher than the (senior) group and between the group of (u19) and (u11) and in favor of a group of (u11) meaning that the age group (u11) has higher anxiety. The researcher recommended placing the player during the training in various psychological situations and training him how to invest anxiety associated with performance.
