Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2015

&nbsp;Fitness denotes a person status of physique in relation to its physical achievements. The latest scientific evidence also edict&nbsp;

the fact that for internal or physiological soundness physical fitness is necessary. Modern physical educators divided the&nbsp;

factor of fitness into skill related and Health related physical fitness. Physical fitness refers to the capacity of an athlete to&nbsp;

meet the varied physical demands of their sport without reducing the athlete to a fatigued state.&nbsp;

The components of physical fitness are: Strength, Endurance, Speed, Flexibility and Coordination. For this study 15 female&nbsp;

State level BasketballPlayers and 15 female State level Hockey Players of Tamil Nadu were selected as the subjects. All the&nbsp;

players were specialized in Basketball and Hockey and undergoing training at the different centers/clubs in Tamil Nadu.

State level female Hockey players have better average performance than State level female Basketball players in speed. State&nbsp;

level female Hockey players are not having better average performance than State level female basketball players in 10x6mt&nbsp;

shuttle run. Basketball players are better than female Hockey players in Bent and Reach component.

&nbsp;The average performances of State level female Hockey players are higher than State level female Basketball players in&nbsp;

endurance. The calculated value of t&ndash;ratio was higher than the tabulated value required at 0.05 level of confidence. The&nbsp;

results of the study when compared with physical fitness of both the groups showed that both are not equal in physical&nbsp;

fitness.

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