The purpose of the study was to analyse the sports achievement motivation between beginners and experienced kho kho players. To achieve the purpose the study thirty players in that 15 players were beginners and 15 players were experienced kho kho players from Sri Sarada College of Education, Salem, Tamilnadu were selected. The age of the selected players ranged from 21 to 24 years and all of them were in good health and without any obvious physical or mental deficiencies. Those who participating first time in Inter-collegiate Tournaments were considered as beginners and more than that could be considered as experienced players. The standardized psychological tool devised by Kamalesh, M.L. was used to quantify the sports achievement motivation of players. Hence, it was accepted as reliable and precise for the purpose of this study. In order to find out the difference between the beginners and experienced kho kho players Independent ‘t’ test was used. It was concluded from the mean values that the performance of sports achievement motivation was in favour of experienced players.

Keywords: Sports Achievement Motivation, Kho-Kho.