Vol. 3, Issue 6, Part B (2017)

Abstract
The purpose of the study was to compare the selected Orientation Ability of track and field athletes at different levels of achievement. It was hypothesized that there may be no significant difference in Orientation Ability of track and field athletes at different levels of achievement. For the purpose of the study, 90 male track and field athletes from Gujarat were selected as a subject. Thirty athlete (n=30) from district level and thirty athlete (n=30) from state level participated as subjects for the study. Hence, purposive sampling technique was considered for selection of subjects. The age of the subjects was ranged from 15-18 years. Descriptive statistics was used to process the data prior to employing inferential statistics. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to compare Orientation ability of track and field players of different level on selected criterion variables separately. Level of significance was set at 0.05. It is evident that significant difference wae found between the Orientation Ability of District & State (1.9550), District & National (2.9983) and State & National level (1.0433). The observed sequence of performance of Orientation Ability in three groups is District>State>National. It may be conculded that Orientation Ability is the district level athletes are more conscious in their approach while performing the skills and techniques of the event than state and national level athletes who are already trained athletes and are use to such movement and need not requires any very conscious approach.