COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION OF ANTHROPOMETRIC PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SKILL MEASUREMENTS OF SELECTED HOCKEY PLAYERS OF UTTAR PRADESH

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare selected Physical Fitness components, Skill Level and Anthropometric Measurements among selected hockey players. For the study, total forty male hockey players were selected from following places of Uttar Pradesh i.e. Lucknow, Varanasi, Saifai, and Shajahanpur. Ten players from each city were selected through purposive sampling technique. The Anthropometric measurements were taken on each subject using standard methodology given by Weiner and Laurie (1969) which were Height (cm), Weight (kg) and Body Mass Index. The selected Physical fitness test items used for the study were- Pull ups and Shuttle run. And for skill level, SAI hockey skill test was used. The only selected item from the hockey skill test was shooting the target. Analysis of Variance was used to find out the significant difference in selected physical fitness, anthropometric and skill test variables among the players. The results in relation to Anthropometric measurements i.e. height, weight and BMI were found almost similar in all players of different selected places. Statistically, result was found insignificant but Varanasi hockey players were found taller as compare to other selected places. In selected Physical fitness i.e. arm and shoulder strength and speed were found significant. Post hoc test indicate Shajahanpur players were better in arm and shoulder strength as compared to Varanasi and Lucknow hockey players. In level of selected hockey skill i.e. ball shooting ability, no significant difference was found among all.