A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AGILITY IN KHO-KHO, FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY AMONG FEMALE PLAYERS

Authors

  • Dr. Raj Kumar Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, S.G.G.S. Khalsa College, Mahilpur, Hoshiarpur

Keywords:

Agility, Kho-Kho, Football and Hockey Players

Abstract

The main purpose of this research was to compare the agility among Kho-Kho, Football and Hockey Players. For this, a sample of Ninety (N=90) female players which includes 30 each Kho-Kho, Football and Hockey Players, between the age group of 20-25 years was selected. Various tests were applied such as Illinois Agility test, One way analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to find out the significance of difference with regards to agility and Scheffe’s post hoc test (SPHT) to see the direction and significance of difference where ‘F’ value found statistically significant. The level of significance was set at 0.05. while comparing the means, it revealed that Kho-Kho players had shown better agility than others. Further significant difference were found between Kho-Kho, Football and Hockey Players with regards to agility (p< 0.05).

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15-12-2018

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Dr. Raj Kumar. (2018). A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AGILITY IN KHO-KHO, FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY AMONG FEMALE PLAYERS. International Education and Research Journal (IERJ), 4(12). Retrieved from https://ierj.in/journal/index.php/ierj/article/view/1701

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Vol. 4 No. 12 (2018): DECEMBER ISSUE, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH JOURNAL

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