A comparative study of JCR test among sprinters and throwers: An exploratory study

Abstract

In the present study, an attempt has been made to compare physical fitness among inter- collegiate male Sprinters and Throwers of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. For this study, Cooper's JCR motor fitness test is applied to Sprinters and Throwers to compare their physical fitness performance. 20 Sprinters and 20 Throwers at Inter College Competition of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar were selected randomly for this study. The age group of the subjects was between 19 to 25 years. The physical fitness of the subjects under evaluation was assessed by the help Cooper's JCR motor fitness. For analysis of the data Mean & SD were calculated and to examine the significance difference between the group mean of different physical fitness components, independent samples t-test was applied and level of confidence was set at 0.05 level The result reveals that the Vertical-jump performance of Sprinters is high as compared to Throwers. The result indicates that there are insignificant differences between Sprinters and Throwers in Chin-ups, throwers performed better than sprinters. Result found that Sprinters have shown their dominance and their superiority on Shuttle-Run compare to Throwers.