ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 1

Comparision of speed and strength of rural and urban school hockey boys

  • Author:
  • Geeta Thakur, Rupinder Singh
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 22 to 27

*Assistant Professor, Akal College of Physical Education, Mastuana Sahib, Sangrur, Punjab, India.

**Assistant Professor, Gobindgarh Public College, Alour, India.

Online published on 21 January, 2013.

Abstract

To find out the difference in motor fitness components, i.e speed and strength between urban and rural hockey players.

The purpose of this study was to compare these fitness components between Rural and Urban School Hockey Boys. Subjects (N=100) hailed 50 (fifty) boys each from Rural and Urban areas high and senior secondary schools. The data is collected under Speed and Strength Test Battery which consists of four sub-tests Standing Broad Jump, Standing Shot Put, Sit Ups, 40 Mtrs Sprint. The value of mean and standard deviation of all the tests were computed by applying T-test at 0.05 level of significance. The Hockey players of Rural and Urban Schools are almost same in speed and strength. In speed significant difference was observed whereas in strength non-significant difference was observed between rural and urban school hockey boys.

This study will be helpful to the coaches and trainers for designing of Conditioning Programme to improve Motor Fitness of Hockey Players.

Coaches and trainer should conduct periodical tests of speed, strength, endurance and agility of the players to evaluate the effectiveness of their conditioning program.

Keywords

Rural: A village or Town is recognized as the basic area of habitation, Urban: The cities, which are defined by the bureau of the censes as all central cities with population of 50000 and more, Speed: Speed is the ability or capacity of an individual to perform successive moments of the same patter at a fast rate or even in one single movement whole speed would be an innate quality, Strength: It is the ability to overcome resistance or to act against resistance