Year: 2023 | Month: November | Volume: 13 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 12-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20231103
A Comparative Study on Agility and Strength Between Basketball and Football Players
Komal Raste1, Dr. Aniket Solanki (PT)2
1MPT student, 2Assistant Professor,
Apollo Institute of Physiotherapy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
Corresponding Author: Komal Raste
ABSTRACT
Background: Basketball and football are two competitive sports that need a high level of physical fitness from their players in order for the players to execute the technical and tactical abilities they have learned in an effortless and effective manner.
Aim: This study aims to compare the Agility and Strength between semi-professional Basketball and Football players.
Objectives: To compare the Agility between Basketball and Football players by hexagonal agility test & Strength between Basketball and Football players by Vertical jump test.
Study design: Comparative study
Method: Ethical clearance was taken from the ethical committee of the institute and informed written consent was obtained. players were the screened for the inclusion and exclusion criteria. This study consisted 54 male players enrolled, out of which 27 were football and 27 were basketball players two test were performed hexagonal agility test for agility and Vertical jump test for strength.
Results: It was calculated using SPSS version 26 and as data was normally distributed independent-t test was used. There is statistically significant difference found between players for agility (p=0.01) There is statistically non-significant difference found between players for strength (p=0.14).
Conclusion: There is difference found in agility between players. Demand of two sports appears to be unique, thus training as well as recruiting should reflect differences.
Key words: Football, Basketball, Hexagonal agility test, Vertical jump test