• Dr. Mahender Singh
• Priya Bawa

The purpose of the study was to compare the Sports Competitive Anxiety and Sports Achievement Motivation among Basketball and Handball players. Forty six female subjects (23 Basketball and 23 Handball players) were selected as subjects for the present study. Their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. For the acquisition of psychological data of the participants Sports Achievement Motivation questionnaire developed by Kamlesh (1990) and for Sports Competitive Anxiety questionnaire developed by Martin (1984) were used. The data was collected during Panjab University Inter College Basketball and Handball Competitions. 't' test was employed for data analysis. Results showed that there was no significant difference among Basketball and Handball players in their Sports Competition Anxiety and Sports Achievement Motivation.

Sports Competitive Anxiety, Sports Achievement Motivation, Basketball players, Handball players.

"Comparison of Sports Competitive Anxiety and Sports Achievement Motivation among Basketball and Handball players.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 11, page no.887-890, November-2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701175.pdf

"Comparison of Sports Competitive Anxiety and Sports Achievement Motivation among Basketball and Handball players.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 11, page no. pp887-890, November-2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701175.pdf