Author(s): Rahul Ajabrao Radke

Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to compare the fitness of urban and rural handball players in Amravati district. For the current research work, the researcher had selected handball players from Sant Gadge Baba Amravati Inter-University as the subject. A total of 30 subjects were selected for this study, the selected subjects were in the age group of 20 to 25 years. In the subjects, 15 were rural players, while 15 were urban players. The subjects were selected in a simple random sampling method. Some of the selected factors of physical fitness, namely speed, agility, strength of hands and shoulder, and abdominal endurance, were selected to test the ability of the selected subjects. A 50-yard dash for speed, a shuttle run for agility, pull-ups for hands and shoulder strength, and sit-ups for abdominal endurance. In arrange to examination the evaluate the fitness of urban and rural handball players, the collected information from all the two groups were statistically analyzed by using descriptive statistics and students ‘t’ test. In all the cases the level of confidence is fixed at 0.05 to test the significance. It was concluded that the rural handball players of Amravati district have less physical fitness than the urban handball players. Rural handball players have higher arm and shoulder strength and abdominal endurance than urban handball players, but there is a difference in the median of agility and speed, but not a significant difference at a significant level.

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