International Journal of Advanced Research and Development

Authors
Vikesh Kumar

Abstract
The aim of present study was to compare the sports achievement motivation between intercollegiate and intervarsity handball male players. The subjects were selected from Jammu university, Jammu and Kashmir state, there were total 32 players (16 intercollegiate players, 16 intervarsity players), the age group ranged from 21 to 25 years. Sports Achievement Motivation Test (SAMT) developed by M.L. Kamlesh (1990) ^[9] was used to assess the achievement motivation of the players. T test unpaired was employed to analyze the data. The result reveals that intercollegiate and intervarsity players have significant difference in their level of achievement motivation. Intervarsity players had higher level of achievement motivation as compare to intercollegiate players.