IJAR - Indian Journal of Applied Research

Upma Bhagat; Dr Amarpreet Singh; Prof. Nishan Singh Deol

Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2015

Comparative Study of Selected Anthropometric, Physical Fitness and Psychological Variables between Softball and Cricket State Level boys Players

Upma Bhagat, Dr Amarpreet Singh, Prof. Nishan Singh Deol

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to compare selected Anthropometric, Physical fitness and psychological variables between Softball and Cricket male players at state level. Data will be collected from D.A.V. Public School Patiala, DAV Global School, Patiala and S.D school Patiala(Punjab) India. For achieving the purpose of the study, data was collected on total 60 players (softball–30 and cricket.–30). The study will be only conducted on 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th standard students. The age of all players will be ranging from 14 to 17 years. No physical training will be given before taking all measurements. The study was delimited to following variables: Anthropometric variables: body mass index, upper arm length, fore arm length, hand length, leg length and foot length. Physical fitness variables: Speed, agility, flexibility and strength. Psychological variable: Depth perception. To compare selected Anthropometric, Physical fitness and psychological variables between Softball and Cricket male players at state level mean, standard deviation and t–test were employed with the help of statistical package of SPSS. To test the hypothesis the significance level was set at 0.05 percent. The result showed that there was a significant difference between softball and cricket state level boys players for their hand length, leg length, Speed, agility, strength and no significant difference for their body mass index, upper arm length, fore arm length, foot length, flexibility and Depth perception.