ISSN NO : 2277-3665
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Article Name :
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SELECTED PHYSICAL VARIABLES BETWEEN SQUASH AND TENNIS PLAYERS
Author Name :
Anuranjan Minj , Pramod Kumar Das , Satpal and Pramod Singh Narwaria
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-254
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Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to compare the selected physical variables between squash and tennis players. A total of 80 male subjects (40 each in tennis and squash) age ranges from 18 to 26 were selected purposively for the study from different region of Madhya Pradesh who have participated in Inter-University tournaments. The data were collected for different physical variables i.e. back strength, hand grip (right and left) and balance (dynamic and static). For the analysis of data, independent t-test and Levene’s test for equality of variances has been employed. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The significant difference was found between Squash and Tennis players on dynamic balance. Whereas, insignificant differences were found for other physical variables i.e. back strength, static balance and handgrip strength (right and left) among tennis and squash player.
Keywords :
  • tennis
  • squash
  • balance
  • back strength
  • grip strength