<![CDATA[Handball is a highly dynamic team sport played by two teams of seven players each (six field players and one goalkeeper). The goal of the game is to score as many goals as possible using your hands while preventing the opposing team from doing the same. This study aimed to determine the level of anxiety in handball athletes. The method used was descriptive quantitative with 24 athletes (12 males and 12 females) selected using purposive sampling. The research instrument met the validity and reliability tests with a Cronbach's Alpha value of 0.817. The results showed that the majority of athletes were in the high anxiety category (50.0%), followed by moderate (41.7%), and very high (8.3%). Male athletes were predominantly in the high category (58.3%), while female athletes had a more even distribution between the moderate and high categories (41.7% each), and the very high category (16.7%). In general, the athletes' cognitive and somatic anxiety were at moderate to high levels. It can be concluded that handball athletes in Sumenep Regency tend to experience quite high levels of anxiety when facing matches.]]>
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