A Study on Physiological Profile of Inter University Squash Players

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physiological profile of four best squash teams of the inter university level. The data was collected from the all India inter university tournament held at lakshmibai national university of physical education, Gwalior. A total of 24 professional male squash players of inter university level from university of Mumbai, Chandigarh, Delhi and Pune University were selected as the subjects for the study. Subjects were tested for vital capacity, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, positive breath holding capacity, negative breath holding capacity and peak flow rate. Results showed that the mean and standard deviation of vital capacity, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, positive breath holding capacity, negative breath holding capacity, and peak flow were 3.57, 136.54, 84.12, 67.95, 34.41, 21.38 and 528.75 respectively. The test data obtained from this study provided a good baseline and reference for the individual players tested the coaches of the interuniversity, as well as future elite players and coaches. It also enabled strengths and weaknesses within the group to be identified, so that appropriate training programmes could be designed to improve their performance.