The objective of this study was to assess the tendency of anxiety at different time of a competition. For this purpose, 30 male inter collegiate basketball players from S.G.B. Amravati University were selected. The age range of the participants was 18-23yrs.The Sports Competitive Anxiety Test (SCAT) was administered to obtain responses from the participants at different time of competition i.e. Pre, during and post competition. Apart from descriptive statistics, ANOVA was applied to assess the differences among pre, during and post competition responses taken from subjects. It was found that mean anxiety level among the basketball player differs significantly as the mean difference value in between pre -competition and during -competition (DM=3.34), Precompetition and post competition (DM=1.36) and Duringcompetition and post competition (DM=1.36) are greater than the critical difference value of 0.043. On the basis of the result found, following conclusions were drawn: It has seen that a moderate level of Anxiety is best for the acquisition & performance of motor skill. Level of anxiety either too high or low tends to decrease the performance of a player. Anxiety is natural part of the competition in a player or Athlete. INTRODUCTION The breadth of sports psychology to the overall psychological community also reflects the broad expanse of topics which may assist the athlete and coach to optimize their mutual efforts. Improving human skill, enhancing group effort, and understanding the reduction of stress are only some of the diverse topic areas important to both psychologists in general and those focused on athletic feats. Anxiety plays an important role in the acquisition of motor skills as well as athletic performance. Anxiety can either increase or decrease performance. Whether its effect is positive or negative, it depends upon how an individual sportsman perceives the situation. People with low trait levels have been known to perform better in selected motor skills than those with high trait levels. There is also positive relationship between the trait and a state level of participants in athletic competition. A moderate level of anxiety seen as best for the acquisition and performance of motor skill. Levels of anxiety either too high or too low tend to decrease learning and performance. Anxiety is a natural part of competition at any level. But in the case of young and immature sportsmen, anxiety can have a severely harmful effect on their performance. When an individual’s desire to achieve success is stronger that the failures, he tries to select the activities of intermediate difficulty which are within his capacity. Anxiety comes just before the start of an activity, due to fear of failure. It further brings loss of control over his/her emotions and unusual normal behaviour pattern. During competitive sports activities, he/she has to take immediate and correct decisions. The inability to take these decisions also creates conflicts and anxiety. A person under such conflicts becomes anxious to make decisions which are more advantageous and suitable to him. The ability to deal effectively with anxiety is a prime consideration in sports participation and competition. A coach or a physical education teacher must be able to motivate his students under anxiety during competition to perform better. One should also be aware of his own level of anxiety and its possible effects upon his participating team members during competition. One should also understand the anxiety levels of different players while putting them in teams. In this way, there is a general agreement that anxiety works as a drive to achieve some goal. Controlled anxiety can help in sports performance whereas uncontrolled anxiety creates hindrance. Keeping in view of all these facts, the present investigator tries to find out the anxiety level of basketball player preduring and post of competition. METHODS Participants For this study, 30 male inter collegiate basketball players from S.G.B. Amravati University were selected. The age range of the participants was 18-23yrs. Administration of Test Initially, all participants were asked to sign a consent form after providing all information about the study. It was followed by instructions to fill questionnaire used for the study. The Sports Competitive Anxiety Test (SCAT) was administered to obtain responses from the participants on Pre, during and post competition. Collection of Data The answers and replies to the questionnaires that were distributed to the subjects were recorded in a systematic way for further tabulations. The answer sheet were collected, and recorded with the help of key. Thus the raw score was recorded in each answer sheet.