2015, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Part E

The purpose of this study was to achieve the aim of achieving the achievement motivation levels of district-level male kabaddi players and the objectives of male kabaddi players and the objectives of comparing the achievement motivation levels of district-level Kabaddi players categorized and grouped on the basis of achievement, participation experience and levels, and training age; 94 Kabaddi players in the age group of 18–26 years drawn from different registered clubs of Maharashtra State during the state Kabaddi Championship were measured for their achievement motivation levels through Achievement Motivation Scale developed and standardized by Dr. Kamalesh. The subjects were then grouped under different categories, such as high achievement group (n = 48) and low achievement group (n = 46) and low participation group (n = 46) and high participation group (n = 48) and below 5 years of training age (n = 29), between 6 and 10 years of training age (n = 59), and above 10 years of training age (n = 6). Achievement motivation scores that were derived from the subject’s responses to 20 items of the scale represented the data for the present study statistical analysis involved computation of mean and application of t-test and f-test (completely randomized design) to find out if any significant differences existed in the mean achievement motivation scores of Kabaddi players categorized and prepared.