A comparative study on coordinative abilities among male softball players and cricketers

Abstract

The aim of this study is to find out the significant difference of coordinative abilities between male Softball players and Cricketers. A group of forty(N=40) male subject aged between 18-25 years, who participated in interuniversity competitions from Jiwaji University volunteered to participate in this study were selected for this study. The purposive sampling technique was used to attain the objectives of the study. All subject, after having been informed objective of the study, gave their consent and volunteered to participate in this study. They were further divided into two groups of 20 each (i.e., N1=20; Cricket players and N2=20; softball players). The independent sample t – test was applied to find out the significant difference of coordinative abilities between male softball players and cricketers. To test the hypotheses, level of significance was set at 0.05. The result reveled significant difference between cricket players and softball players on the sub variables i.e. reaction ability, orientation ability and differentiation ability. However insignificant differences were noticed with regard to the sub- variable i.e. rhythmic ability.