COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SPEED AND RESTING PULSE RATE BETWEEN ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY KABADDI AND KHO-KHO PLAYERS

Abstract

Physical fitness is the capacity of an organism, which must be enough to perform the given takes. Vigorous physical activity is the only means of developing optimum physical fitness to attain the zenith of performance. It is a physiological fact that the human organism needs stimulating exercise. The purpose of the present study is to compare and analysis of speed and resting pulse rate between kabaddi and kho-kho players. For this purpose fifteen male kabaddi and fifteen male kho-kho players who were studying in various courses of Annamalai University selected as subjects. Their age ranged between 19 and 25 years (mean age = 21 ± 0.9 months). The selected criterion variables for present study was speed and resting pulse rate and speed was assessed by administering 50 meters run and resting pulse rate was assessed by counting their pulse in numbers for one minute during early morning before practicing their respective game. One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was administered as statistical tool for the present study. The result of the study shows that there was a significant difference exists between kabaddi and kho-kho players on selected criterion variables. Kho-kho players were better in speed and kabaddi players were better in resting pulse rate.