COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED MOTOR COMPONENTS AND ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF DIFFERENT POSITIONAL FIELD HOCKEY PLAYERS

Mr. Shafi Mohammad

Abstract

The Purpose of the study was to compare selected motor components and anthropometric measurement of different positional field hockey players. For this study total sixteen (8 Offensive and 8 Defensive) state level hockey players were selected as subjects from Etawah District (U.P.). Motor Components variables selected for the study were Cardiovascular Endurance and Flexibility, Anthropometric measurement variables were Height and weight. The data was collected for each variable by administering their respective tests. To ensure the reliability of data, sufficient number of trials were given to each subjects. To analyze the data Independent ‗t‘ test was applied at 0.05 level of significance. After applying Independent t-statistics in the present study, it was revealed that there is significant difference in Cardiovascular Endurance, Flexibility and Weight of Offensive and Defensive hockey players. In relation to height no significant difference was found among offensive and defensive hockey players. Cardiovascular Endurance and flexibility were found to be more in offensive hockey players while defensive hockey players were found to be better in terms of Weight. The results of the study may be attributed due to the nature of the games played at the respective positions of participants I.e. Offensive and Defensive as both the positions have their own specific demands of different motor components.

Keywords: Cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, Height and weight.