Assessment of agility, strength and flexibility parameters between badminton and lawn tennis players

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare the agility, reaction time, strength and flexibility of Badminton and Lawn tennis player to fulfill the objectives of the study, 30 Badminton and lawn tennis players were selected from Punjab state. Who were participated in inter school tournament of Badminton and Lawn tennis. The age of selected subjects arranged from 17-19 years. Test used SEMO for agility 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 badminton and Lawn tennis players of Punjab. The mean, SD and ‘t’ values were calculated to find out the significant of differences between male Badminton and Lawn tennis 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 lawn tennis players have demonstrated better in agility and flexibility tests than badminton players and badminton players demonstrated better in leg strength test.