Analysis of selected anthropometric and physical fitness variables among university male volleyball and basketball players

Abstract

The analysis is an examination of data and facts to uncover and understand cause-effect relationships, thus providing the basis for problem-solving and decision making. The reason of the present study was to find out the difference between anthropometric variable (Arm length, Leg length) and physical fitness variables (Speed) between volleyball and basketball players. To achieve the reason of the study, fifteen (15) male volleyball and fifteen (15) male basketball players were randomly chosen from the Department of physical education Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. The age of the chosen subjects varies from 19 to 23 years. The collected data were statistically analyzed between volleyball and basketball players by using ANOVA (Mean, Standard deviation, and t-test). The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 in all cases. The result shows a significant difference in selected variables among the male volleyball and basketball players.