Comparison of body mass index between football and hockey players

Abstract

The objective of the study was to find out the difference of body mass index between football and hockey male player of Kurukshetra University. To achieve the purpose of present study, all subjects were selected in terms of random sampling (Probability Sampling). Only male football and hockey players of Kurukshetra University were selected as subjects. In this study only those players were selected as sample, who had played at inter college or interuniversity level competitions. Total 300 (N = 300) male football and hockey players (150 - 150 each) of Kurukshetra University were recruited as subjects for present study. The age of the subjects was ranged from 18 to 25 years. After the collection of relevant data, unpaired t-test was employed with the help of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 17.0. The level of significance was set at 0.05 percent.