HEART RATE VARIABILITY OF VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL PLAYERS

 Mr. Pawan Kumar and Mr. Dilbir Singh                                                                   

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to compare the Heart Rate Variability (HRV) of volleyball and basketball players in order to assess the functional process of autonomic nervous system of volleyball and basketball players. As we all know, the balance between the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is important and well coordinated in order to maintain and enhancement of high level of performance and fitness. Therefore, it was thought to assess the stress level and recovery process (indicates the fitness level) in terms of HRV of the players objectively. The study was conducted on 60 male subjects, i.e., 30 volleyball players and 30 basketball players at the age limit 20-25 years. Purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of the subjects and descriptive research method was applied to find out the result. In this study, a Biopic instrument was used to measure the HRV of the players and then further HRV of both groups were compared at Kaivaladhama yoga research institute, Lonavla where all the subjects were taken for the measurement of HRV. Independent t-test was used to analyze and interpretation of the data properly and systematically. After find out the value of each and every subjects, it is found that basketball players have more HRV indicates better cardiac health and high level of fitness of basketball players than volleyball players.

Keywords: Heart rate variability, volleyball, basketball, players and Biopac.