Construction and development of specific physical fitness test for male medium fast bowlers of central zone Dr. Venna Bhart1, Dr. Darshan Divya2 1Assistant Professor, Dept of Physical Education, Paliwal College, Shikohabad (U.P) 2Sports Officer Govt. Law College, Indore Online published on 15 April, 2019. Abstract The purpose of this study was to construct specific physicalfitness test and normsfor male medium fast bowlers of central zone. The subjects selected for the study were 100 National Level male fast bowlers from Central Zone. The age group of subjects ranging between 17 to 23 years. In order to select a specific fitness test items, first of all a list of selected test items was finalized by keeping in mind the relevance ofmeasuring the physical fitness offast bowlers. A clear and systematic list ofselected 21 fitness items ofeight specific variables that are closed to the performance of fast bowlers were drawn out. The eight variables are strength, speed, aerobic fitness, anaerobic fitness, flexibility, agility, reaction time, balance and coordination. The data on selected test items was collected from national level medium fast bowlers of Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Agra, Allahbad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jaipur etc. Factor analysis technique was used a tool to select test items out of 21 test items best suited to measure specific physical fitness ofmale medium fast bowlers which was serve as a comprehensive specific physical fitness test. Ten test items were drawnfrom each factor having the highest loading to constitute a specific physicalfitness test batteryfor national level male medium fast bowlers ofcentral zone. Norms were constructed by collecting data on the ten test item of newly constructed specific physical fitness battery by using 150 male fast bowlers at nationallevelfrom central zone. The T-scale was used to prepare the norms for specific physical fitness test for national level male mediumfast bowlers at central zone. Top Keywords Running, Strength, Bowling, Fitness and Speed. Top |