A COMPARISON ON SELECTED MOTOR FITNESS COMPONENTS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PARAMETER BETWEEN NON ADULT SPRINTERS AND JUMPERS

Dr. Atanu Das and Mr. Tufan Mete

ABSTRACT

Sport is an important part of today's society and plays a large role in many people's lives.But athletic is one of the most popular sports. Because of its tradition, its universality and prestige, as well as the wide range of skills and qualities that encompasses, it is the basic sports “par excellence”. It goes without saying that sport should be constantly present in our life. The purpose of the present study was to compare the selected motor fitness parameter, physiological characteristics between state level male sprinters and jumpers in West Bengal. To achieve this objective total 40 athletes, (20 sprinters and 20 jumpers) were selected randomly from different athletics academy and coaching clubs areas in West Bengal. Their age ranged from 16 to 17 years (bellow 18) as per their matriculation records. For the present study, selected motor fitness component and physiological characteristics were selected as the measuring criteria. Mean and SD were used as descriptive statistics. Statistical t-test showed significant difference of Agility (2.57215>2.021) between sprinters and jumpers as the absolute value of the calculated t exceeds the critical value. Lastly, the psychological parameter showed jumpers are harder.

Keywords: Motor fitness, Psychology, Sprinters and Jumpers.