Author(s): Dr. Shridhar R. Dhakulkar

Abstract:
The main purpose of the study is to find out the relationship of agility with playing ability of softball players. The allied objectives are as follows: 1) To find out the relationship of agility with batting ability; 2) To find out the relationship of agility with fielding ability; 3) To find out the relationship of agility with throwing ability and 4) To find out the relationship of agility with running ability. For the Present study source of data was taken from Vidarbha Region who participated in State level. For the present study 30 subjects were selected. Age of subjects was ranging between 16 to 19 years. The 30 subjects were selected by purposive sampling method. Agility was measured by administering 4×10 yard Shuttle run and Performance was measured by administering AAHPERD Softball Skill Test. To find out the relationship between agility and batting skill, fielding skill, throwing skill and running skill, the descriptive statistics (i.e. Mean and Standard deviation) and correlation coefficient of agility and batting skill, fielding skill, throwing skill and running skill was taken and significance was set at 0.05 levels. Result: 1) There was a negative significantly correlation between agility with performance of batting skill, fielding skill and throwing skill. 2) There was a positive significantly correlation between agility with performance of running skill and There was a positive significantly correlation between agility with playing ability of softball players.

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