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A Comparative Study on Physical Fitness among State Level Footballers And Volleyball Players

Dr. Sandip Sankar Ghosh

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The purpose of the present study was to compare the physical fitness among state level footballers and volleyball players. Methods: Total forty (N=60) male state level performer, i.e. twenty footballers (n=30) and twenty volleyball players (n=30) were selected at randomly from Howrah District. Age limit of the subjects was from 17 years to 19 years. AAPHERD physical fitness test was employed for all the subjects of both the groups in twice and best performance was taken. In this test six test items consist. These test items are 50 yard dash; 600 meters run and walk; standing board jump; medicine ball throw; shuttle run and sit ups etc. All the tests were analysed by t–test and significant was set at 0.05 level of confidence. Results: The results found that the t–test was significant at 0.05 level of confidence among footballers and volleyball players in 50 yard dash, 600 meters run and walk, standing oad jump, shuttle run and medicine ball through but no significant difference was found in sit–up among footballers and volleyball players at 0.05 level of confdence. Conclusions: Footballers was superior to volleyball players in 50 yard dash, 600meters run and walk and shuttle run and volleyball players were superior to footballers in standing board jump and medicine ball throw but no superiority was observed among footballers and volleyball players in sit–ups test.  

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Dr. Sandip Sankar Ghosh A Comparative Study on Physical Fitness among State Level Footballers And Volleyball Players Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VIII August 2013

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