Comparison of Strength Endurance Between Badminton and Table Tennis Players of Manipur

The purpose of this empirical study was to find out the difference in strength endurance between Badminton and Table Tennis Players of Manipur. For this, pre- test, before giving the training session and post-test, after giving a 6 weeks circuit training programme are being furnished. Altogether 80 players, 40 each from Badminton and Table Tennis who are keenly participated in the different level of tournaments say state and national were selected as subjects of the present study. The necessary data were collected by administering the Cooper's 12 minutes Run- Walk Test. For testing the statistical significance of the strength endurance between Badminton and Table Tennis players, ‘t’ test was employed with the setting of significance level at 0.05. The results of the study confirmed that there is no significant difference of strength endurance between the study populations as evidenced by the pre-test‘t‘ value of 1.68 which is lesser than the tabulated value (1.98). But, the performance of 6 weeks training programme shows a statistical significant difference of strength endurance between Badminton and Table Tennis players of Manipur having a ‘t’ value of 2.83.