College students frequently grapple with anxiety stemming from academic and employment pressures, often leading to the development of anxiety disorders over time. Football training, as a team sport, not only enhances physical fitness but also aids in anxiety reduction during physical activities. Nonetheless, existing football training and competition systems face challenges that undermine their effectiveness in treating anxiety. This study investigates the potential of reforming the football training and competition system as an intervention to address anxiety disorders in college students.

A study was conducted on 67 college students with anxiety disorders, who were divided into an observation group and a control group. The control group adopts traditional methods, while the observation group adopts the reformed football training and competition system for sports intervention. After the experiment, SPSS 20.0 software was used for statistical analysis.

After the observation group experiment, the somatization score of college students was 17.10, the anxiety score was 15.25, and the interpersonal sensitivity score was 14.31. The neuroticism score was 11.66, which was significantly better than the pre-experimental score. Meanwhile, after the experimental intervention, 13.4% of 9 people had anxiety factor scores greater than 2. Significantly lower than the 40.3% before the experiment.

The reform of the football training and competition system proves highly effective as an intervention strategy for addressing anxiety disorders among college students.