Comparative Study of Selected Reparatory Variable Among Different Playing Position in Basketball

The purpose of present study was to see the comparative difference between the selected respiratory variable among different playing position in basketball. For the purpose of this study 10 basketball players from LNIPE were selected aging 20–30 years, who had participated at national level competitions. These players were divided into 2 groups: Center (containing center and power forward players) and Guard (containing point guard and shooting guard players). Keeping the administrative feasibility in consideration, selected respiratory variable i.e. FVC (force vital capacity), VC (vital capacity), MVV (maximum voluntary ventilation) were selected for this study. The data collection was completed with the help of spirometer. To compare these respiratory variables among 2 groups, independent t-test was used with the help of SPSS Version 2.0 and level of confidence was set at 0.05. The finding of study showed that 2 groups i.e. center and guard, does not show any significant difference in FVC (p > 0.05), VC (p > 0.05) and MVV (p > 0.05). The findings conclude that players of different playing position in basketball at national level does not indicate or indicate very less difference in their lung capacities.