An Analytical Study of Physical Fitness among the School Level Players of Contact, Semi Contact and Racquate Sports

Abstract

The purpose of present investigation was to find out the difference in physical fitness variables among the school level players of contact sports, racket sports and semi contact sports. In the present study investigator applied random sampling procedure to select the sample. The sample of present study comprised of 150 players of school level, including contact sports (N1=50), Semi contact sports (N2=50) and Racket sports (N3=50).  Johnson and Nelson Physical Fitness test was used to collect data from the schools of Jalandhar district. Johnson and Nelson Physical Fitness test was used to measure the physical fitness of players.The variable means of contact sports, semi contact sports and racket sports athletes were compared by using Analysis of variance (ANOVA). It has been found that players of contact sports have greatest arm strength and abdominal strength, and racket sports have lowest. Further racket sports players shown greatest flexibility and agility, and contact sports players possess least among the school level players of different sports. Highest speed has been found with semi contact sports players and contact sports possess the least speed among the school level players of different sports.The players of semi sports have possessed greatest static balance and racket sports players shown lesser static balance among the school players of different sports. Statistically, it has been observed that school level players of different sports differ significantly from each other in arm strength, flexibility, abdominal strength, speed, agility and static balance.