Relationship achievement motivation between semi-finalist and non-qualifying teams of senior national female Hockey Players

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to relationship achievement motivation between semi-finalist and non-qualifying teams of senior national female hockey players. 50 national female (25 semi-finalist and 25 non-qualifying) hockey players who participated 5th senior national hockey championship-2015 (from dated 20th April to 3rd May 2015) were organised at Mananiya Chandagi Ram Sports Stadium, Saifai, Etawah (UP). Their age ranged from 18 to 22 years. The sport achievement motivation questionnaire was developed by Dr. M.L. Kamalesh was used. The questionnaire is a self-evaluation of 20 questions. The response value of this test extended the data. Table 1 show that there is significant difference of achievement motivation between non-qualifying and semi-finalist teams. The calculated ‘t’ value 3.462 was above than the table vale 2.00 at 0.05 level of significance. If we were compare the means of non-qualifying teams 26.83 ± 4.69 and semi-finalist teams 31.62 ± 2.41, semi-finalist teams have higher achievement motivation compare to non-qualifying teams.