COMPARISON OF SPEED AND AGILITY BETWEEN BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Dr. Shyam Prasad Sedai

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare the speed and agility between basketball and football players of Balkumari College, Chitwan, Nepal. We have selected thirty (30) male students who play either basketball or football from Balkumari College. These subjects were equally classified into two groups (Basketball = 15 & Football = 15). The selected subjects were tested on speed by 50 yard dash and agility by shuttle run which was selected as criterion variable. The collected data was analysed using independent t test to find out the significant difference between basketball and football players. The result of our study showed that basketball players have greater speed than football players (t = 5.82). However, no difference is elicited between basketball and football players (t = 0.82). It is found that speed and agility plays a vital role in both game, however basketball players showed greater speed than Football players may be because of intermittent nature and employ sprint during the game.

Keywords: Basketball, Football, Speed, Agility, Shuttle run, 50 yards dash.