Author(s): Mahendra Kumar Singh, Shivendra Dubey

Abstract:
Competitions are ubiquitous. It makes sports exciting. In sports competitive behavior is a set of competitive actions and competitive responses that the sportsman takes to build or defend its competitive advantages and to improve his position. The present investigation was an attempt to find out the difference of competitive behavior of male basketball players between high and low achievers. Total fifty male basketball players (25 High Achiever and 25 Low Achiever) between the age group of 23 to 29 years from Bilaspur University, Bilaspur & Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur were selected as a sample. Competitive behavior test developed by Yadav (1995) was administered for collecting the data from the subjects. To find out the difference between the groups (High and Low Achiever Male Basketball Players) t-test was applied. On analyzing the data it was found that there was significant difference existed between High and Low Achiever Male Basketball Players with regard to their competitive behavior.

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