COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG SPRINTERS, JUMPERS, THROWERS AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS OF ELITE UNIVERSITY ATHLETES OF KERALA STATE

Dr. V. A. MANICKAM; ANEESH RAJAPPAN

Volume : V, Issue : IV, April - 2016

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG SPRINTERS, JUMPERS, THROWERS AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS OF ELITE UNIVERSITY ATHLETES OF KERALA STATE

Dr. V. A. Manickam, Aneesh Rajappan

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to compare the Achievement Motivation among University sprinters, jumpers, throwers and Long distance runner of Kerala state. Subjects: one hundred and twenty (N=120) male athletes who had participated in the Inter-University athletic meet during the year 2014-15 were selected randomly from each category of sprinters, jumpers, throwers and Long distance runner thus a total of 120 athletes from all the University in Kerala State. The athletes&rsquo; age ranged between 18 and 24 years. Variables: The study was restricted to Psychological Variable such as Achievement Motivation. Achievement Motivation of the players was assessed by using the SMAT Questionnaire. Design: The experimental design for the study was static group comparison design. Statistical Technique: One-way Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to find out the difference among the University sprinters, jumpers, throwers and long distance runners on the selected variables. As the obtained F-ratio was significant, the Scheffe‘s test was used as a post-hoc test to find out the significant difference between each cell. Results: There was a significant difference among sprinters, jumpers, throwers and long distance runner on the selected psychological variable such as Achievement Motivation. Further the results showed in Achievement Motivation throwers have higher Achievement Motivation when compared to sprinters, jumpers and long distance runners.</p>