Rajeev Gandhi College Research Journal Research Scapes, Bhopal, Research Scapes An International Multidisciplinary Journal, Bhopal

The purpose of the present study was to compare incentive motivation, achievement motivation, state and competition anxiety between soccer and basketball players. For the purpose of this study thirty five (35) National level of soccer and basket ball players of M.P. State were selected (20 National level players of soccer and 15 National level Basketball players). The subject age range from 18 to 25 years Incentive Motivation Inventory (IMI), Sports Achievement Motivation Test (SAMT) and Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) was used to assess the incentive motivation achievement motivation state and competition anxiety.

The compare the incentive motivation achievement motivation state and competition anxiety between soccer and basketball National players mean score and standard deviation and (t-ratio) 't' test was used. The level of significance was set al 0.05 levels.

Result showed that there was no significant difference in incentive motivation was observed between soccer and basketball players but there is a significant difference in achievement motivation of sports competition anxiety of National level soccer and basketball players of M.P. state.