The comparison of stress coping techniques between male and female UiTM hockey players / Noryazid Md. Radhi

Background. In sports, pressure or stress are come from many aspects such as coach, referee, opponents, teammates and etc. In hockey, players also cannot run from pressure or stress because hockey are like others team sports that need full effort and concentration, in order to maintain performance and to win the competitions. Therefore, players should take any steps to avoid stress from disturbing their performance in competition situation. Aims. The aim of this study is to identify the techniques used by the male and female hockey players to coped with stress and compare the techniques used by the male and female hockey players to cope with stress in competitive situation. The research is also to know the effectiveness of the techniques used. Sample. The subjects of this research will be 15 males and 15 female UiTM hockey players that represent UiTM Shah Alam in KARISMA Games. The subject comes from various courses in UiTM Shah Alam. Method. The students who give consent to be a subject will receive one set of questionnaire and the subjects will be given an explanation on how to answer the questions. Questionnaires that has been answered will be collected, analysed and compared. Result. After analysis result indicates, that both subjects male and female hockey players are facing with the same causes of stress and using the same techniques to reduce the stress level in competitive situation. Conclusion. As a conclusion, there are no differences of stress coping techniques used between male and female subjects and there are also no differences whether techniques used by the male subjects are better than female or techniques used by the female subjects are better than male because both subjects or players are using the same techniques to cope with stress in competitive situation