Anxiety among football school students in “Rector UNY Cup 2014” national tournament Sulistiyono Yogyakarta State University e-mail: [email protected] Abstract: The study was aimed at explaining the anxiety level of Football School students who competed in “Rector UNY Cup 2014” national tournament. The study was descriptive quantitative using purposive random sampling to obtain the subjects. Data were collected using the SCAT questionnaire. The results showed that, of the research participants, 43.27% had low anxiety, 53.13% had moderate anxiety, and 3.61% had high anxiety. On the average, the level of anxiety among the students who competed in the tournament was in the medium category. A possible explanation was that these students already had adequate experience from previous competitions. It seemed to be the case that these experiences had helped them to reduce anxiety despite the pressure to win the game. Keywords: anxiety, football school, tournament 1. Introduction Indonesian football development cannot be separated from the infl uence of Globalization, the result of progress of the dynamics of football management in information technology, cannot be avoided Europe and America as it leads towards by the world community. In the same manner, the fi nest football management industry. the football industrial development taken Football industry requires clubs in place in Europe indirectly affects the mindset Indonesia starting to improve towards of the Indonesian football world including the more professional management. This club offi cials, coaches, players, fans, and means that a club runs its activities with even the society. News about football stars the aim of obtaining profi ts. According to through the newspapers or television gives Saleh & Agung (2005: 144), in playing for positive effects of the game in the fi eld and money, athletes or players practice and the footballers’ life off the fi eld and has compete as a job to earn money or salary. changed the society’s view that the football The ISL Football competition (Indo- that was considered merely a recreational nesian Super League), which is the highest occupation (hobby) is now regarded as a level in Indonesia, starts to show the signs professional occupation. towards the management of the football industry. In the for the 2009-2010 season 44 Sulistyono: Anxiety among Football Schools…(page 44-50) ISL, there were 18 teams competing, of FBS registered. The competition involving 306 matches; 113for the live TV, among those FBSs is increasingly being and 2.0675 spectators. With the cooperation held in line with the number of the PT. Djarum as the main sponsor, the schools. Competitions are held regularly, competition lasted for 8 months. systematically, and continuously to match In terms of contract money, in 2014 national and international achievements. Greg Nwokolo of Persebaya earned a value Prestigious competitions for young of 2 billion rupiahs, the highest contract players are Danone Nations Cup, Soeratin of Indonesian soccer player. The forward Cup, Medco Cup, Grassroot Road To player (striker) who had been a legend of Ghotia League, Kompas Gramedia League, Persija Jakarta, Bambang Pamungkas, has HOS Cokroaminoto League, and others. recorded an average income of up to 1.37 There bwill also be more Saturday-Sunday billion Rupiah per season. Irfan Bachdim, organized by FBS. These tournaments are who played for one of the football clubs in the competitions or festivals of football Thailand, listed his name as a player with for young players that are eagerly awaited the second-largest income when he was in by players and coaches. Competition Persema, reaching 1.265 billion Rupiah. for an athlete or player is like a place to Information through the media show the best performance and to become about the condition of the management a champion. Coaches hope that students of football in countries of Europe and or athletes playing in the competition Indonesia in particular to the successful can perform optimally although these management of the football industry expectations are not easily realized. Many which impacts on the wealth of the variables affect the appearance of the football players indirectly motivates the athletes when they are competing. Indonesian children to achieve and work Complaints of a coach when the team as football players. Parents have the role he coaches joins a competition or a match as supporters and facilitators by showing among FBSs SSBs are mostly concerned high attention. The parents are willing to with the fact that some students are not able pay the cost, which is not cheap, to support to show their best performances just like the children in order to obtain the finest in the training. The condition often occurs quality training in order that their children in younger players with no exception on can become professional footballers. team sports including football. Reactions There have been many football or feedback of the trainers such as by schools (FBS) established since the providing instruction in the rough, decade of 2000s with the aim of producing snapping sound, even rage are something prospective professional football players. that seems justifi ed. Parents of students Football schools already existed in almost who are expected to become entertainers all areas in Indonesia, especially in big and supporters and mood boosters on the cities like Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, contrary become those who give pressure. Surabaya, and Yogyakarta. The number The students or athletes are seen to have a could reach 20 football schools. FBS has heavy burden in their mind with the result increased in number since the 2000s but that they often make the wrong decision the national football association (PSSI) when playing. does not have accurate data on the number 45 JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, Volume 8, Number 1, November 2015 Mental or psychological factors are Some other studies suggest that high anxiety among the factors that need attention from conditions adversely affect the performance the trainer. Mental factors become the key when playing or exercising. to the success of a team in order to perform Based on the research background, the optimally. Players should be able to beat all researcher is interested to know the anxiety the pressure that comes to him. The level of levels of FBS students who competed at the achievement or performance when playing national level football tournament among one of which is determined by the athlete’s SSBs in the age group of 12 years old entitled maturity and mental toughness to overcome “Rector UNY Cup” 2014. The results of this various diffi culties during the match. A study are expected to provide information psychological or mental factor that is often for managers, coaches, and parents of FBS considered to interfere with them is the level students. Information about the anxiety level of anxiety. Athletes are not able to realize can be used as a basis to act and behave the optimum capability as the anxiety and in particular on FBS coaching during the fear of failure is quite high. A condition practice and a match. which is not good if the players are still in the process of coaching at a young age 2. Method (FBS) is in a state of stress. Psychological burdens of a player are The study was descriptive quantitative the feeling that their practice is a boredom, research. The research subjects were the anxiety before the match, the guilt when students who were participants of FBS it fi nishes the game, and feeling sad after national level competition in the age group the match. The worst condition is when a of 12, entitled the “Rector UNY Cup” 2014, player feels the game of football is such a totalling 448 students from 32 FBS teams. terrible condition, terrifying, unpleasant The data were collected during the time the consequences of the younger players in students performed a match. deciding to stop playing football. These The data was collected by means of a things will be such a disappointment if it questionnaire given two hours before and happens to the young players who have a after the game. The researchers obtained special talent in playing football. permission from the coaches in charge of Maynard, Smith, & Evan (1995: 441) the playing team. The questionnaire was state that anxiety has a negative relationship the Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) with technical skills and the ability to take containing 15 items, 10 of those measuring decisions in the sport. Tawakal & Hartati, symptoms associated with anxiety. The data (2014: 313) in the study states that there were analyzed by using a quantitative data is a signifi cant relationship between self- analysis technique of the formula: concept of the students’ anxiety in facing P = F/N x 100% the football matches on the football extracurricular members of SMPN 1 Ambunten-Sumenep. The results are shown P : Percentage in the correlation test (r) through the test F : Frequency bivariate correlate with r count at 0.455 > N : Total sampel r table at 0.320 with standard error of 0.05. (Sugiyono, 1997: 2) 46 Sulistyono: Anxiety among Football Schools…(page 44-50) 3. Findings and Discussion physical, tactical, and mental. One of those factors that most affect an athlete to be The committee of the U12 “Rector able to get the optimal performance was UNY Cup 2014” invited 32 teams that were the mental factor. Coaches reported that regarded as eligible to join the competition this factor was one of ther most diffi cult because of the good quality of their things to handle since, at their young age, management. Fifteen out of the 32 teams the players were still in an unstable state of came from outside of Yogyakarta. The psychological condition. It can be seen that tournament was held in the round-robin the competition became the appropriate match format in which 32 teams were place to evaluate the results of the training divided into eight groups.