A comparative study of vital capacity between football and basketball players of B.P.Ed course

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare vital capacity between Football and Basketball Players of B.P.Ed Students V.S.S.D College Kanpur. For this total 40 players (20 subjects of Football players, 20 subjects of Basketball players) who had participated at intercollegiate level and aged between 18 to 24 yrs were selected using random sampling technique. Vital Capacity was selected as the variable. The collected data was analyzed using Independent sample‘t’ test. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference in vital capacity between Football and Basketball Players of B.P.Ed Students The t-test was used at 0.05 level of significance. It was concluded that Football players showed significantly better vital capacity than the Basketball players of B.P.Ed Course.