COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLE AMONG SPRINTERS, JUMPERS, THROWERS AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS OF ELITE UNIVERSITY ATHLETES OF KERALA STATE

Dr. V. A. MANICKAM; ANEESH RAJAPPAN

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2016

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLE AMONG SPRINTERS, JUMPERS, THROWERS AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS OF ELITE UNIVERSITY ATHLETES OF KERALA STATE

Dr. V. A. Manickam, Aneesh Rajappan

Abstract :

Aim of the present study was to compare the selected Physiological variables among University sprinters, jumpers, throwers and Long distance runner of Kerala state. To achieve this purpose, one hundred and twenty (N=120) male athletes who had participated in the Inter–University athletic meet during the year 2014–15 were selected randomly from each category of sprinters, jumpers, throwers and Long distance runner thus a total of 120 athletes from all the University in Kerala State. The athletes’ age ranged between 18 and 24 years. Among Various Physiological variables Resting Pulse Rate was selected for this study. Resting Pulse Rate was measured through radial pulse method. The experimental design for the study was static group comparison design. One–way Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to find out the difference among the University sprinters, jumpers, throwers and long distance runners on the selected variables. As the obtained F–ratio was significant, the Scheffe‘s test was used as a post–hoc test to find out the significant difference between each cell. There was a significant difference among sprinters, jumpers, throwers and long distance runner on resting pulse rate. Further the results showed in Long distance runners have better resting pulse rate when compared to sprinters, jumpers and throwers.