A comparative study of standing broad jump performance between professional and amateur medium-fast bowlers of Indore

Abstract

A comparative study between professional and amateur medium-fast bowlers was conducted to assess the difference between the standing broad jump Performance of both groups. 40 male participants of the age group 16-19 were selected for the study. SBJ (standing broad jump) was considered the dependent variable. The health status and subjects’ willingness to participate in the study was considered prior to the test. For the calculations, independent samples t-test was used with a 0.05 level of significance. Data were computed with the help of IBM SPSS 26 software. The mean performance of professional medium-fast bowlers was found to be 2.26 whereas it was 2.16 for the amateur medium-fast bowlers. On the 0.05 level of significance, the null hypothesis failed to be rejected at obtained t-value = –0.458. It was concluded that there was no statistically significant difference between both groups. Further recommendations were made for future studies.