Comparative study on fitness, body mass index (BMI) and achievement motivation of tribal and non-tribal male football players

Abstract

Physical fitness is an important aspect for better football playing ability but psychological ability also plays an important role for better performance. So the researcher worked on physical fitness, body mass index (BMI) and achievement motivation of football players. The purpose of the study was to identify the present status and differences of fitness, body mass index (BMI) and achievement motivation between tribal and non-tribal male football players. Twenty (20) tribal and twenty (20) non-tribal, total forty (40) district level male football players between 20-26 years of age were selected as the subject of this study. Selected fitness components, body mass index (BMI) and achievement motivational level were measured through standard procedures. After collected the data Mean, SD and ‘t’ were computed and results were analyzed. On the basis of result following conclusions were drawn - no significant differences were found in fitness, body mass index (BMI) and achievement motivation of tribal & non-tribal male footballers. So the present study results were revealed that the fitness, body mass index (BMI) and achievement motivational level of tribal and non-tribal male footballers were more or less similar.