Evaluation of speed and power among school level male cricket players

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the speed and power among school level male cricket players. A total numbers of 45 cricket players (District-15, State-15 and National-15) were selected from Punjab Region. For the assessment of power of legs, Standing Broad Jump test was used and to determine speed 30 yard dash test was applied. One way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied to find out the intra-group differences and where the ‘F’ ratio found significant then Scheffe’s Post-hoc test was applied to find out the direction and degree of differences. The 0.05 level of significance was set for the analysis of the results. The findings of the statistical analysis revealed that there is significant inter group difference (P≤0.05) among school level cricket players in respect to Speed and Power.