COMPARATIVE STUDY ON AGILITY OF INTERCOLLEGIATE PLAYERS OF CERTAIN COMBATIVE SPORTS

Mr. Madan Mohan Sharma; Dr. Mahesh Chandra Sharma

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON AGILITY OF INTERCOLLEGIATE PLAYERS OF CERTAIN COMBATIVE SPORTS

Mr. Madan Mohan Sharma, Dr. Mahesh Chandra Sharma

Abstract :

Agility is the ability to be quick and graceful movements. Agility is one of the main fitness components, important for success in many sports, such as in the team sports of football and hockey, and in individual sports of tennis and squash. Judo, Boxing and wrestling are the sport in which movements are powerful, delivered in a short period of time, usually against the force of the opponent. Purpose of this study was to find out agility of male intercollegiate boxers, judoks and wrestlers. For this purpose total 75 male subject were selected out of which 25 each was selected from the three combative sports (Boxing, Judo and Wrestling). The age of sports persons was between 18 – 28 years and only those sportspersons who participated in intercollegiate competition and residing in the Chandrapur and Gadchiroli district of Maharastra. SEMO agility test applied for assessing the agility of subjects. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) followed by Least Significance Difference (LSD) was applied on gathered data. Analysis of data revealed that the mean agility of boxers is significantly better that mean agility of judoka and wrestlers.