A comparative study of selected physical fitness attributes of women field hockey players on the basis of their playing position

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of playing position on Shoulder strength, Abdominal strength, speed, agility and Endurance performances of Female field Hockey players. For this purpose forty only (N=40) selected from different Universities of Northern India who win a medal in Inter-College level competition and the Age group of 18-25 years. They were divided into 4 groups according to playing position: Goalkeeper (GK), Attacker/Forward (A/F), Defender (D) and Mid fielder (MF). Each subject performed 5 tests presented in a random order: The Flexed Arm Hang (FAH) of shoulder strength, Sits-ups (SU) of the abdominal strength, Shuttle run (SR) the agility, 50Meters Dash of the speed and 6 Minutes Run/Walk of endurance. According to the results of one-way analysis of variance only speed variable (0.003, p0.05)).