INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ISSN(print): 2643-9840, ISSN(online): 2643-9875 Volume 05 Issue 11 November 2022 DOI: 10.47191/ijmra/v5-i11-25, Impact Factor: 6.261 Page No. 3165-3170 IJMRA, Volume 5 Issue 11 November 2022 www.ijmra.in Page 3165 Confidence, Motivation, and Anxiety; Does it Affect the Performance of Basketball Athletes? Muh. Rinaldy 1 , Wawan S. Suherman 2 , Afeb Chesa Arianto 3 , Andrian Rahman Ayudi 4 , Amri Hartanto 5 1,2,3,4,5 Department of Sport Science, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta Indonesia ABSTRACT: This study aims to analyze the effect of self-confidence, motivation, and anxiety on the performance of basketball athletes. This type of research is quantitative with an ex post facto approach. The population in this study were high school basketball athletes in Baubau City, totaling 119 people (68 male, 51 female). The instrument used is a questionnaire. The data analysis technique used the F test. The results showed that (1) there was a positive effect of self-confidence on competitive performance in high school basketball athletes in Baubau City. (2) there is a positive motivational effect on competitive performance in high school basketball athletes in Baubau City. (3) there is a negative effect on match performance on high school basketball athletes in Baubau City. (4) There is an effect of self-confidence, motivation and anxiety on the competitive performance of high school basketball athletes in Baubau City. KEYWORDS: confidence, motivation, anxiety, competitive performance INTRODUCTION Basketball is one of the most popular team sports and is quite popular. Basketball is a group ball sport consisting of two teams of five people each. According to the rules, basketball players are not allowed to take more than 2 steps after they start tackling the ball (Omi et al., 2018). Basketball is played by two teams, each team is played by five players. Each team tries to get as many balls into the opponent's basket as possible and prevent the other side from putting the ball into its own basket. The game of basketball consists of many high-speed forward and lateral movements combined with decelerations from frequent sprints. Explosive vertical jumps can be performed up to 50 times per game (D’Elia et al., 2020). One of the factors related to performance in a match is mental endurance. The process of the appearance of an athlete is influenced by mental. Mental is the capital that must be owned by an athlete in reaching the top. Ideally, a basketball athlete must have optimal technical, physical, and mental abilities, so that athletes are able to achieve good performance. Performance or appearance is what is seen or what the player shows in a game or match. Performance is an action or appearance, action, or work that is achieved or carried out. According to Smrdu (2015) after a good performance, athletes can feel satisfaction, and happiness, they are even more open to the surrounding environment, in the sense that they will have more sympathy for other athletes who have fought together. Performance can be influenced by psychological factors including self-confidence, motivation, and anxiety. Chang- Yong et al., (2012) studied dozens of elite athletes where there are several psychological sources for performance characterized by self-confidence and motivation. Sources of confidence are influenced by mental, tactical, and physical preparation before competition while sources of motivation allow sports coaches to target the athlete's abilities. Competitive anxiety is an athlete's emotional reaction when feeling threatened which negatively affects behavior and performance during matches (Palazzolo, 2020). Athan & Sampson (2013) also explained that another factor that also affects the emergence of competition anxiety is the level of skill and experience. Athletes are able to reduce their anxiety with themselves, motivational encouragement from parents and coaches, and control anxiety well. Smith et al., (1990) analyzed the factors of the anxiety scale The Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS), with the result that somatic anxiety, and two classes of cognitive anxiety namely, worry and concentration disorders can measure individual anxiety. Gould et al., (2002) stated that the characteristics of Olympic champion athletes are athletes who have the ability to overcome and