COMPARISON OF CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE AND FLEXIBILITY AMONG VOLLEYBALL,

BASKETBALL AND HANDBALL PLAYERS

Mrs. Vartika Katiyar and Dr. Brij Kishore Prasad

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare the cardiovascular endurance and flexibility among volleyball, basketball and handball players. For the purpose of the study 30 female students who were pursuing Bachelor of Physical Education and Master of Physical Education course from Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh and Department of Physical Education, Institute of Professional Studies, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, who had participated in different National as well as State level tournaments were randomly selected as the subject for this study. The subjects age was ranged between 20 to 25 years. All the subjects were residents of the hostel and regular participated in all activity classes of their course and all were physically fit and thus were capable to performing the tests efficiently. The necessary data of cardiovascular endurance and flexibility were collected at the time of match practice sessions. The data of cardiovascular endurance and flexibility were collected with the help of Harvard Step Test and Sit and Reach Test. In order to find out the significance effects of cardiovascular endurance and flexibility on volleyball, basketball and handball players, “One Way Analysis of Variance” (ANOVA) was applied and the level of significance was set at 0.05. The study reveals that there were no significant difference found in cardiovascular endurance and flexibility among volleyball, basketball and handball players.

Keywords: Exercise, Body, Games and Ball.