PHYSICAL FITNESS PROFILING OF STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL TENNIS PLAYERS OF MANIPUR

Abstract

In tennis, sport-specific technical skills are the elements of a successful
performance. It also requires a complex interaction of several physical fitness. A tennis match
is characterized as intermittent whole-body effort, alternating a few seconds’ intense activity
and short recovery activity interrupted by several resting periods with a typical average match
time of 1.5 hours up to more than 5 hours. Tennis requires players to perform short bursts of
high-intensity exercise interspersed with periods of rest or low-intensity activities for a
prolonged period. Background: The present research problem was to analyses the physical
fitness profiling of state and national level tennis players of Manipur. The objective of the
study: 1. To assess the physical fitness profiling of State and National level Tennis Players. 2.
To compare the physical fitness namely speed, grip strength and flexibility of State and
National level Tennis Players. Methods: Physical profiling of Manipur state and national level
tennis players was done for physical profiling. A total of 15 subjects from each level were
selected as the subject of the study. The subject’s age ranges between 18 to 22 years. To
determine Speed 50 m Yash dash run test were measured and the performance were recorded
in seconds by stopwatch. To determine strength hand grip dynamometer were used to measured
and the performance were recorded in pounds. To determine flexibility, Sit and Reach test was
done to measured flexibility. The independent t test was used to analyze the data at a 0.05 level
of significance using SPSS. Results: The results indicates that there is significant difference
between state and national level players in physical fitness namely speed and grip strength
where as there is no significant difference between state and national level players in physical
fitness namely flexibility.