1Lecturer Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Rampura, Surat
2Internship Student, Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Rampura, Surat
Online published on 26 October, 2018.
An Athlete is defined as a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise. Athletes’ heart rates are somewhat lesser than the sedentary person. Changes in various parameters are observed in athletes of various sports.
Primary aim of the study was to identify and compare the values of the speed, agility and Vertical Jump Test among players of various sports.
60 yard shuttle run test, Illinois Agility Test, Sargent Jump Test were applied on 100 male players of age 18–25 years have been selected from cricket, football, kabaddi, basketball from various institutes of Surat city; who have at least played till district level. Analysis was done using multiple variables ANOVA.
By the results of this study it can be concluded that major difference exist in parameters of agility and vertical jump among various sports players, while no significant difference has been found in speed. Kabaddi and cricket players have been shown to have greater level of agility, while basketball and football players have been shown greater level of vertical jump, which is in line with the nature of their sports.
Agility, speed, vertical jump, basketball, cricket, football, kabaddi
