AUTHOR(S): Dr. Thingnam Nandalal Singh and Harmandeep Kaur

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of present study was to compare the muscular strength and muscular endurance among national level male players of different selected games. To achieve the purpose of the study, eighty (n=80) national level male players of different games (20 for each game i.e., football, hockey, basketball and volleyball) from Chandigarh between 19-26 years were selected as subjects of the study by using purposive sampling technique. To assess the muscular strength (left hand and right hand) of the subjects, Hand Grip Dynamometer was used. To assess the muscular endurance of the subjects, one minute sit-up test was used. To find out the significance difference among national level players on muscular strength and muscular endurance, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied with the help of SPSS software. For testing hypothesis, the level of significance was set at 0.05. Results of the study revealed that there were no significant differences found among national level male players of different games i.e. football, hockey, basketball and volleyball on muscular strength (right hand grip and left hand grip). On the other hand, significant difference was found among national level male players of different selected games on muscular endurance.

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