A comparative study on selected physical fitness variables of school level hockey and cricket players Dr. Dhapola M. S.1, Dr. Bisht Sujay2 1Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur (C.G.) 2Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, LNIPE North East Center, Guwahati Online published on 15 April, 2019. Abstract The purpose of the present study was to compare the selected physical fitness variables ofschool level Hockey and Cricket players. A total ofsixtyfour (64) school level male Hockey and Cricket players (32 each) from N.H. Goyal World School, Raipur (e. G.) were selected for this study. Their aged ranged between 14–18 years. To measure selected physical fitness components of Hockey and Cricket players standrized test for each component were employed. For analysis ofthe data Mean & SD were calculated and in order to examine the significance difference between the group means in different physical fitness variables, ‘t ’test was applied, and level of confidence was set at.05 level. The analysis ofdata reveals that there is significant difference found between the means of selected physical fitness variables such as speed and agility (shuttle run), explosive strength oflegs (SBJ), speed oflower extremities (50 mt. dash) and explosive strength, cardio-vascular endurance (12 min run & walk) and the results also shows no significant difference found between the means of muscular strength (dynamic) and endurance of arm & shoulders (Pull-ups), muscular strength and endurance oftrunk (bent-knee sit ups) of school level Hockey and Cricket players. Top Keywords Physical Fitness, Hockey and Cricket Players. Top |