Comparative study of agility, reaction time, strength and flexibility measures of volleyball and basketball players

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare the agility, reaction time, strength and flexibility of basketball and volleyball player to fulfill the objectives of the study, 150 basketball and 150 volleyball players were selected from Rajasthan state. Who were participated in inter college tournament of basketball and volleyball. The data were collected in inter college tournament the age of selected subjects arranged from 18-25 years. Test used for semo agility test, nelson foot reaction time test, vertical jump for strength test and flexibility (modified sit and reach test) were used to measure the selected physical fitness variables of players in order to analyze the data and significant different between basketball and volley ball players of Rajasthan. The mean, SD, MD, SE-IND and‘t’ values were calculated to find out the significant of differences between male basketball and volleyball players. Significant level is found out by the application of ‘t’ test at 0.05 level. After comparing of the present data. It is concluded that the reaction time of volley ball players and basketball players contains slight difference and agility of basketball players is better than the volley ball players. As the scores of agility is measured in seconds mean performance of explosives strength of volley ball players have more than basketball players. Which shows that explosives strength volleyball players in better than the basketball players and the flexibility of volleyball players is better than the basketball players. This study also helpful to guideline for player’s student’s teachers and researchers.