Assessment of Reaction Time of Soccer Goalkeepers  Wicketkeepers in Cricket and Kho–kho Players

Mr. Arup Gayen; Dr. Sentu Mitra; Dr. SagarikaBandyopadhyay

Volume : IV, Issue : II, February - 2014

Assessment of Reaction Time of Soccer Goalkeepers Wicketkeepers in Cricket and Kho–kho Players

Mr. Arup Gayen, Dr. Sentu Mitra, Dr. Sagarikabandyopadhyay

Abstract :

Reaction time denotes the elapsed time between the presentation of a stimulus and the subsequent behavioural response. It has application in various disciplines including behavioural neuroscience. In psychology it is considered to as an index of speed of processing (en.wikipedia.org). Objective: To compare reaction time among goalkeepers in soccer, wicketkeepers in cricket and kho-kho players. Method: Study area: Nadia and Hooghly districts in West Bengal, India. Subject: 30 (10 from each game) varsity-level players ranging the age between 20 and 24 years. Criterion measure: Hand reaction time and leg reaction time of subjects were measured in seconds with the help of Stick drop test. Statistics: Mean, Standard Deviation and one-way ANOVA were used. Level of Significance was set at 0.05. Result: The mean hand reaction time of goal-keepers, wicket-keepers and kho-kho players were 14.08±1.13, 12.38±2.33 and 12.58±1.39 seconds respectively, while mean leg reaction time of three different groups were 19.31±3.07, 21.34±2.09 and 17.89±3.51 seconds respectively. The F-value of hand reaction time among three different category of players was 3.005(>0.05), whereas leg reaction time was 3.446(<0.05).Only significant result was obtained so far as leg reaction time of wicket-keepers in cricket and kho-kho players are concerned. Conclusion: The present study finds that kho-kho players have better leg reaction time than wicket-keepers in cricket.