Author(s): Pawiter Singh

Abstract:
In recent years, there has been increasing awareness of the importance of physical activity for reintegrating handicapped individuals into society, as well as for the promotion of competitive sports activities for such individuals. The purpose of the study was to compare some selected skin fold measurements of intercollegiate players of Cricket and Hockey of Punjab. The present study was conducted on 20 subjects of each discipline. The subjects, who were male, had the age group of 18 to 27 years. All measurements were taken with subjects in the standing position and on the right side of their body. The statistical techniques of mean, standard deviation and t-ratio were used to analyze the data. In the conclusion of the study, it is also found that there is significance difference of skin fold measurement between cricket and hockey male players. Cricket players have more biceps, triceps, sub scapular, thigh and calf skin fold measurements than hockey players.

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