The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between paternalistic leadership and competition pressure of senior high school men’s volleyball team players. This study was used questionnaire survey, and used “Paternalistic Coach Leadership Behavior and Athlete's Competition Pressure Scale” as the questionnairel. The target was each 18 players of 16 teams of senior high school men’s volleyball team in 98 academic year. 288 questionnaires were sent out and there were 266 valid questionnaires. The data was analysed and compared by Descriptive Statistics, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and Scheffe's method. The results showed: 1. Senior high school men’s volleyball team players’ behavior under the paternalistic leadership, by the descending order, was "virtuous leadership ","benevolent leadership ", "authoritative leadership." Senior high school men’s volleyball team players felt the most pressure from "game results", "teammates impact ", "trait anxiety", "environmental impact", "audience impact ", "coach impact." 2. As for the paternalistic leadership, there was a significant difference in practice days per week. 3. There was a significant difference between paternalistic leadership and athlete's competition, and also discovered it positively correlated. It indicated a significant level.