CONSTRUCTION OF ATHLETICS PERFORMANCE NORMS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS

Dr. (Prof.) Kanwaljeet Singh and Dr. Gurpreet Singh

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to construct norms for evaluating the performance of physical education students in athletics events. A sample of 1400 student was taken from different physical education colleges and department of universities of Punjab and Chandigarh. Subjects were divided in two groups according to their chronological age i.e. 18 to 21 year and 21 to 25 year boys and girls, in each age group 700 students 400 boys and 300 girls’ students of physical education served as subjects. The performance data of subjects in athletics through three test items namely 100m, 200m and 400m was collected. Norms were constructed for sprint events (athletics) with four normative scales such as percentile, Hull, Sigma and T scale and standard for evaluation of students also established under Normal Distribution.

Keywords: Sprint, Scale and Physical Education