Comparetive study of reaction time among football, handball and basketball players

Abstract

A component of timing, the ability to initiate movement and respond to a stimulus, is referred to as reaction time. It is important in many sports and day to day activities. The main purpose of the study was to compare in Reaction Time among Football, Handball and Basketball players. For the purpose of study Fifteen (15) male inter-college and state level players’ age ranging from 18 to 25 years were selected from Manipur University on the basis of simple random sampling method. For the analysis of collected data independent F-test was employed where the level of significance was set at 0.05 level of confidence. It was concluded that Handball players are better in Reaction Time ability than the Football and Basketball players. Again Football players are better in Reaction Time ability than Basketball players.