EFFECT OF SELECTED EXERCISES ON ATHLETIC POWER OF RURAL AND URBAN BOYS OF BA GENERAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF SANTIPUR COLLEGE

Dr. Sanjoy Mitra

ABSTRACT

Athletic Power is an essential component of physical fitness. Athletic power measurement, as expressed in terms of distance through which the body of an object is propelled in the space. The purpose of the study is to test the improvement of the Athletic Power of rural and urban boys after 8 weeks selected exercise treatment. The subject was randomly selected, age group of 18–21 years. Total subjects were 80. They were divided into two groups. One is control and another one is experimental. The athletic power was measured by Standing Broad Jump. For statistical analysis ‘t’ test was used and level of significant was determined at 0.05 level and 0.01 level. The Athletic Power of 18–21 years rural boys was more improved in comparison to that of urban of boys group after participating in exercise treatment.

Keywords: Athletic Power, Exercise, Rural and Urban.