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Comparative Study of Physical Profiles of Football and Hockey Players |

Sonia Dangi, Seema Gill, in International Journal of Physical Education & Sports Sciences | Physical Education, Health, Fitness & Sports

ABSTRACT:

Thepresent study was intended to asses the physical profiles of football &Hockey players of Haryana & Punjab states. A sample of 200 sports man fromboth the states, who had participated at National and interuniversity leveltournaments were taken on the basis of random sampling procedure. They wereadministered 40 meter Dash, 6×10 meter shuttle run, pull-ups medicine ballthrow, Ben leg sit-ups standing broad jump, sit & reach test and 2.4 pmrun/walk test. The data were analyzed by t-value, mean & SD’s. Findingrevealed that the football players are better in arm & shoulder explosivestrength & leg explosive strength. Whereas hockey players showed betterperformance in speed & arm strength endurance.