Comparative study on selected physical fitness variables among different team games players

Abstract

Purpose of the study was to compare the physical fitness variables of team game playesrs i.e. soccer, cricket, and field hockey intercollegiate 45 male players. The age of the subjects were ranging 18-25 years and the selected three groups (soccer, cricket and field hockey) containg 15 subjects from H.N.B.G.U. Srinagar Garhwal in each group. Collected data on the Physical Fitness variables i.e. muscular strength, muscular endurance, agility, and speed was analysed through descriptive statistics, one-way anova, and post-hoc (LSD) test at the level of confidence 0.05. No significant differences were founded in physical fitness variable i.e. muscular endurance, speed, and agility whereas significant differences was founded only in muscular strength between soccer, cricket, and field hockey male intercollegiate players. On the basis of the results and findings it was concluded that cricket players have better muscular strength in comparison to soccer and field hockey male intercollegiate players.