ANALYSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE BETWEEN FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND HOCKEY PLAYERS

Abstract

The present study is intended to study the difference in Cardiovascular Endurance
between Football Players and Hockey Players. For the purpose of the study, 30 male
players, 15 each from Football and Hockey from different colleges of Manipur University
who participated in the Manipur University Inter College Tournament 2024-25 which
was held between September to November 2024. The subjects were between age group of
18-25 years. It was hypothesized that there may be significant difference on
Cardiovascular Endurance between Football and Hockey Players. For this study,
Harvard step test was administered to test Cardiovascular Endurance. For analysis and
interpretation of data ‘t’- test statistical analysis was conducted. The level of significance
was set at 0.05 level of confidence. The results were found that between the two games,
Football Players were seen to have superior performance than Hockey Players because
of the difference in nature of the movements.