A comparative study of disjunctive reaction time of sportsman participating in different games

Reaction time is defined as the elapsed interval of time the presentation of a stimulus to initiation of a response. It is called response latency, which is the time between the onset of a stimulus to the initiate an overt response. Reaction time is the time elapsed between conduction time for both incoming and outgoing impulses, and also the time necessary to integrate input and output within the Central Nervous System. Woolworth and Schlosberg (1963) states that reaction time is the S-R time interval, which include sense organ time, brain time, nerve time and muscle time. The individuals cannot begin to move the instant he observes the stimulus is observed until the response is begun. The sense organ must be aroused, the nerves must conduct the impulse to the brain and then from the brain to the muscles, and the muscles must contract before an overt response can be affected. These processes involve time, thus the occurrence of the S-R time, interval or RT. The ability of an individual to respond to an External Stimulus is called reaction time. Sixty male students of different colleges who participated in intercollege tournaments where selected as a subjects for this study. Ten subjects each were randomly selected from games Table Tennis, Cricket, Football, Athletic, Judo, Hockey. Disjunctive reaction time test was taken by using "Electronic Chronoscope". It measures both auditory and visual reaction time.