STUDIES ON SELECTED MOTOR FITNESS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES OF THE INTER-UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL AND HANDBALL PLAYERS OF MANIPUR UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to find out the relationship on selected motor fitness
and Physiological variables and further, examined the comparison on selected motor fitness
and Physiological variable between the inter-university basketball and handball players.
Methods: For this study, 16 Basketball 16 Handball players who had been selected for
Manipur University team for the Inter University tournament were taken as the subject of the
study. Sit and reach for Flexibility, Sit up (30 sec) for muscular strength and endurance,
Standing Broad Jump (Meter) to see the explosive power of legs and Lungs Capacity
variables are selected. To determine the relationship of the selected motor and physiological
fitness variable of the players the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient is
employed. Further, t-Test: Two-Sample Assuming Equal Variances was employed. The
variables were analysed in two approach i.e. critical value approach and p-value approach.
Hypothesis Testing was done through 0.05 level of significant was employed to see the null
hypothesis were accepted or rejected.
Results: We see that Manipur University inter university basketball and handball team mean
score of flexibility 40.7, muscular endurance 31.15, explosive leg power 2.41 and lungs
capacity 585. In this study see explosive power of legs and muscular strength and endurance
of abdominal are correlated to each other and also lungs capacity correlated to abdominal
power too. In all the selected variables except flexibility basketball players seem better when
comparing the mean score. Only muscular strength and endurance of abdominal the t stat
value 2.80015 is greater than t critical one-tail values 1.697. There is significant difference of
muscular strength and endurance.
Conclusion: It was conclude that basketball players are significantly higher from Handball
players at 0.05 level of confidence. The remaining variable we see the somewhat better in
basketball players but no significant difference found there is no significant difference of
flexibility, explosive leg power and Lungs power between the inter University team basketball players and the Handball players. All the P value are greater than the 0.05 we
accept the Null hypothesis there will be no significant difference between the inter university
Basketball and Handball Player of Manipur University team.