COMPARISON OF HAND REACTION ABILITY BETWEEN JUDO AND WUSHU PLAYERS

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare audio and visual hand reaction ability between judo and
wushu players. For this study, 30 (N=30) male players, 15 (n=15) each from judo and wushu sports
between 17 to 25 years of age those participated in national competitions were randomly selected.
The pertaining data of audio and visual reaction abilities was analysis to investigate mean and mean
differences at 0.05 level of significance (p≤0.05). The result of the study showed the significant mean
differences in audio-hand reaction abilities between judo and wushu players as the calculated value
‘t’ = 2.43 is greater than the tabulated value ‘t’ = 2.048 at 0.05 level of confidence (p<0.05). Further,
significant mean difference was also found in visual-hand reaction abilities between judo and wushu
players as the calculated value ‘t’ = 2.47 is greater than the tabulated value ‘t’ = 2.048 at 0.05 level
of confidence (p<0.05). The result of the study showed that the Judo players had better audio-hand
reaction ability and wushu players had better visual-hand reaction abilities