Author(s): Dr. Hoshiyar Singh

Abstract:
It is needless to stress the fact that agility is the most important factor that contributes to successful performance in a broad spectrum of competitive sports. Here, the very purpose of the study was to examine whether there is any causal relationship with agility performance on the degree of functional flexibility. In order to conduct the experiment, 26 male physical education students of Noida College of Physical Education, Dadri, Uttar Pradesh were taken at random to serve as subjects All the twenty six students were tested before they were once again assigned to two experimental conditions viz., treatment and control conditions. The subjects in the treatment group were trained with five stretching exercises (both ballistic and static types) which were specially designed for the purpose for improving flexibility at trunk and hip. All the subjects of both control and experimental groups were tested for agility before the treatment. ‘Right Boomerang Run’ test was used to measure the agility as it was the most reliable and valid agility test compared to any other test. ‘Sit and reach’ test was used to measure the flexibility of the hip and trunk. Each subject was given three trials to do his best. The best trail was used for the analysis. Analysis of Co –Variance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypothesis. The pre test scores were used as (Covariate) control variable.

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