Author(s): Poonam Joshi, Mamta Singh Rathour and Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Abstract:
The main objective of the study was to compare the aerobic and anaerobic capacity among the junior age group football and hockey players. The Fifteen Football and Hockey game players were selected from Ayodhya District of U.P who participated in junior age groups (14-17 years) of district level competitions. The Cooper's 12 min Run-Walk test was administered and recorded the distance covered in miles and the Aerobic capacity of the players was determined by using the equation, V02max=35. 9712 ('distance in miles for 12 min run-walk)-11.2878, and expressed in ml/kg/min. To determine the anaerobic capacity, Sargent Jump-Lewis Nomogram was employed and anaerobic power was expressed in kg. rn/sec. By the Descriptive Analysis, the mean and standard deviation of Aerobic capacity for Football and Hockey groups were 41.66±7.99 and 41.50±9.11 respectively, and the mean and standard deviation of anaerobic capacity for Football and Hockey groups were, 100.20±8.65 and 93.93±9.18. Further, by applying the Independent ‘t’ test it was evident that there was no significant difference between the means of Football and Hockey players on the scores of Aerobic capacity since the obtained value of ‘t’ (-.050) was less than the tabulated value of 't' (2.048) which was required to be significant with 28 degree of freedom at 0.05 level of confidence. It was also further evident that there was no significant difference between the means of Football and Hockey players on the scores of Anaerobic capacity since the obtained value of 't' (-1.075) was less than the tabulated value of 't' (2.048) which was required to be significant with 28 degree of freedom at 0.05 level of confidence. Therefore, there was no significant difference on aerobic and anaerobic capacity between junior football and hockey players.

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