COORDINATIVE ABILITIES OF SPRINTERS AND HURDLERS OF INTERMEDIATE LEVEL- A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Mr.Alok Sharma; Dr.Inder Singh pal

Volume : IV, Issue : VII, July - 2015

COORDINATIVE ABILITIES OF SPRINTERS AND HURDLERS OF INTERMEDIATE LEVEL- A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Mr. Alok Sharma, Dr. Inder Singh Pal

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to compare the sprinters and hurdlers in selected coordinative abilities namely Differentiation Ability, Balance Ability and Rhythm Ability. The subjects for this study were fifteen athletes and fifteen hurdlers (N=30), aged 18-25 years, who were training at DDA Athletic Academy situated at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.For the analysis of selected coordinative abilities, descriptive statistics and independent t-test was applied. The result revealed that the hurdlers were having similar Differentiation Ability in comparison to sprinters. In terms of balancing ability the sprinters and hurdlers were also having similar balancing abilities. The result also revealed that the mean rhythm ability of the sprinters and hurdlers were also same level. In the other two coordinative abilities namely differentiation ability and rhythm ability there was no significant difference was found in the performance of sprinters and hurdlers (p<0.05).