Abstract:The comparison of sport is essential, especially in team sports, to understand and to be able to compare player performances and fitness levels. Generally coaches would want to play the fittest and the higher performing team members. Obviously an experienced coach will have
“the eyeâ€
as to the abilities, fitness and performances levels of their athletes.
The purpose of the study was to compare the physical fitness components of Kabaddi and Handball players. Only female players were selected randomly from the kabaddi and handball who had participated in Coimbatore district level school meet. The age of players ranged between 14 to15 years. Speed, Agility, leg explosive power were selected as a variable for investigation of present study. A series of measurements was carried out on each participant. Physical fitness components were measured by the following tests. Speed assessed by 50-meter dash, Agility assessed by Illinois agility test and Leg explosive power assessed by Standing broad jump. All test using by scientifically approved equipment’s. The results revealed that an Inter–relationship exists significantly between the physical fitness components between kabaddi and handball players. The analysis of data was done by using statistical technique ‘t’- test for finding the significance difference of speed, agility and Leg explosive power of kabaddi and handball players and the level of significance was set at 0.05 levels (p<0.05).
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