Author(s): Sachin Sharma and Dr. Inder Singh Pal

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to compare motor fitness components of north zone Inter-University level football and cricket players. Sixteen Football players and sixteen Cricket players who represented Amity University, Noida in North Zone, Inter-university football and cricket tournaments for the year 2015-16 were selected as subjects for the study. The age of the subjects ranged from 18 to 25 years. Both Cricket and Football players gone through five tests(standing broad jump, 50m sprint, sit and reach test, 600m walk and run and shuttle run). The statistical procedure used to compare football and cricket players were:-Computation of mean, Computation of standard deviation, Computation of standard error of difference between the means, Computation of‘t’ ratio. The level of significance chosen will be 0.05 level of confidence. The analysis of data reveals that football players are superior to that of the cricket players with respect to speed, endurance, strength and agility. No statistically significant difference was noticed between two games with respect to flexibility.

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