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Comparison of selected physical fitness variables of school level Basketball and Volleyball male players

 

Abstract

 

The aim of the present study was to compare the selected physical fitness variables of school level basketball and volleyball male players. Total forty subjects were randomly selected (20 from basketball and 20 from volleyball) from various schools of Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh were taken as a sample. Their age ranged between 15-18 years. Physical fitness tests were used to measure the selected physical fitness variables of players. For analysis of the data Mean & Standard Deviation were calculated and to examine the significance difference between the groups mean of different physical fitness variables, independent t-test was applied, and level of confidence was set at 0.05 level. Study concluded that insignificant difference found between the means of selected physical fitness variables such as speed, agility, endurance and flexibility between school level basketball and volleyball male players.

Key words: Physical fitness, Speed, Agility, Endurance and Flexibility.

Author’s- Sravan Kumar Singh Yadav, Mahesh Yadav, Inder Kerketta

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