Many study were conducted to examine how anxiety affects athletes, and the use of anxiety measurement instrument is common in the applied sports psychology field. Yet every individual is different and influenced by age, gender and cultural bias. This study explored the sources of anxiety of Hong Kong college women basketball players. Ten college female varsity basketball players, all starters, were selected to participate in the study. Informed consent was obtained. A one-hour in-depth interview with Standardized open-ended questions were conducted for each participant. Interview contents were set according to results of pilot-interviews of two subjects. Content Analysis and Indigenous Typology was used to analyze the interview content. The results revealed seven categories of sources of anxiety. A list of the seven sources and their frequencies are: Perception of teammates (40), perception of coach (32), environmental influence (25), self-imposed anxieties (19), concern of strength (11), injury (14), and academic concerns (6). Results showed that female college basketball players were deeply concerned with peers' perception. Results show that participants were deeply concerned with peers' perception of their play. They were also affected by the on-site competitive pressure and their team spirit. Playing time was also a big concern among players. A distinct phenomenon in Hong Kong is the parents' objection of spending too much time in sports participation, which they associated with taking time away from academics. This might be the biggest cultural difference between Chinese and Western perception of participation in sport. The educational benefit of such participation is typically ignored. Also, the findings supported that girls are more task-oriented than ego-oriented. The reasons for those who are good sportswomen but avoid participation in college athletics are interested to be explored in further study. In conclusion, a thorough examination of anxiety inducing courses for oriental is necessary in future studies.