COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SELECTED MOTOR COMPONENTS OF OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE HOCKEY PLAYERS

Mr. Shafi Mohammad, Mr. Shahbaaz and Dr. Brij Kishore Prasad

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the selected motor components of offensive and defensive hockey players. For this study total Sixteen (16) subjects were selected from Department of Physical Education, Institute of Professional Studies, Gwalior and Jiwaji University Gwalior (M.P). All subjects were Inter College Level Hockey Players. The age group of subject was 18 to 25 year. The data was collected for each variable by administering their respective tests. To ensure that the data was reliable, each subject was given sufficient time to perform the tests for each variable. To compare the selected motor components of offensive and defensive hockey player, Independent ‗t‘ test was applied and level of significance was set at 0.05. After analyzing the data significant difference was found in cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, grip strength and arm strength among offensive and defensive hockey players.
Keywords: Cardiovascular endurance, Grip Strength, Arm Strength and Flexibility.