AUTHOR(S): Jesmy Jose

ABSTRACT:
Archery is a sport which requires great amount of concentration, focus and self determination. Without mental skills none of the archers can reach high level performance. The purpose of the study was to find out the relationship of achievement motivation and stress on the performance of archers. To attain the purpose, 24 state/university level archers were selected form Kerala state. The age group ranges from 17 to 25. The variables selected for the study was, achievement motivation, stress and shooting performance. For measuring the achievement motivation, achievement motivation questionnaire by M L Kamalesh were selected. Perceived stress scale was selected to assess the stress. 50mtr shooting performance was selected to measuring the shooting performance. The result of the study reveals that, achievement motivation and performance was shown significant positive correlation (r =.712), where as stress and performance shown significant negative correlation (r = -.602). Achievement motivation and stress are negatively correlated to each other (r = -.459).

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