COMPARISON OF SELECTED COORDINATIVE ABILITIES BETWEEN FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY MALE PLAYERS

Mr. Sandeep Sharma and Mr. Narendra Gangwar

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate difference of coordinative abilities between footballer and hockey male players. To attain this study, 30 (15 footballer and 15 hockey players) represented inter-university tournament with age ranging from 17 to 25 years were randomly selected from Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior. The statistical technique employed for this study was independent‘t’-test at 0.05 level of significance. As per the statistical analysis significant difference was found between football and hockey players on the sub-variables i.e. reaction ability, orientation ability and differentiation ability, However insignificant difference was found on sub-variable i.e. rhythmic ability at 0.05 level of significance.

Keywords: Coordinative Abilities, Rhythmic Ability, Reaction Ability and Orientation Ability