International Journal of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports (IJPEFS)
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The Changes on Creatine Kinase in Response to Aerobic Exercise among Novice and Trained Soccer Players of Different Ages
Get PDFThe study was intended to evaluate the creatine kinase responses to exercise among novice and trained soccer players of different ages. Sixty male adolescent soccer players aged 14 and 16 years were selected as participants, of whom thirty of them were trained soccer players and the rest were novice to the sport. The participants were segregated into four groups of fifteen each, namely: junior novice soccer players, senior novice soccer players, junior trained soccer players, and senior trained soccer players. The independent variable confined to this study is aerobic exercise stress testing using Bruce treadmill protocol to evaluate its influence on creatine kinase. The data on creatine kinase was measured at rest and after exercise condition. The data thus collected from novice and trained soccer players of different ages at rest and after exercise condition have been analyzed by three way factorial ANOVA. The finding of the study concludes that there is a statistically significant difference between novice and trained soccer players of different ages at rest and after exercise on creatine kinase
Attitude of Higher Secondary Level student towards Games and Sports
Get PDFThe purpose of the study is to find out the attitude of students towards Games and Sports. Games and Sports contribute towards social, mental, emotional and intellectual development. Vigorous activity is basically meant for increasing the efficiency of the body and human being need to be fit efficiently throughout their lives. To take part in games and sports activities one can develop his health definitely. A healthy society needs the healthy individual. The aim of the present investigation is to study the attitude of the students of Higher Secondary Level of Manipur towards Games and Sports. In other words the main goal of this research is to ascertain the role of the favourable attitude towards Games and Sports. The parents of the students of Higher Secondary School Level of Manipur had progressive nature about games and sports. These progressive natures were very helpful to develop the favourable attitude of their children towards games and sports. The above finding of the study clearly indicates that the Higher Secondary School level students of Manipur had favourable attitude towards games and sports. Overall apart from the above finding, the study found that the Higher Secondary School level students of Manipur are keenly interested in games and sports
A Comparative Study on Some Selected Motor Performance, Anthropometry and Body Composition Variables among Katthak Dancers, Athletes and Sedentary Femeaes
Get PDFGames and sports are mainly used in physical education programs. In many countries dance has been included also as a physical education activity. In our county this is not yet done. Indian classical dances provide vigorous movements in addition to gracefulness and rhythm. By regular participating and practicing classical dances are aerobic activities some changes happens in some body composition variable. Among motor performance variables hand reaction time, foot reaction time and speed of movement and among anthropometry and body composition variables like Standing height, Body weight, Lean body mass, Body density and Percentage of body fat were taken into consideration for the present study. Present study was planned to study are analyze the selected anthropometry and body composition variables of female Katthak dancers and compare them with those of the athletes and sedentary females. Twenty-five Katthak dancers, twenty-five athletes and twenty-five sedentary females were selected as subjects for the present study. The subjects of all the groups were within the age ranged from 16 to 19 years. The mean heights of subjects were 154.77 cm for Dance group,163.95 cm for athlete group and 152.10 cm for sedentary group. Mean body weights of the subjects were 47.325 kg for dance group, 46.150 kg for athlete and 45.825 kg for sedentary group. According to the results of the study the athlete group was significantly better in standing height, lean body mass and percentage of body fat than the dance group and sedentary group. On the other hand the dance group was found little bit higher in body weight than athletic and sedentary group. In case of motor performance variables, dance group was better in hand and foot reaction time. So Indian classical dance –Katthak might be effective to reduce fat, for better concentration, reaction time and make someone fit
Comparison of leadership behavior psychological characteristics male and female wrestling players in mini Olympic state level competition Chhattisgarh.
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the leadership preferences for the set of five dimensions of leader behavior i.e. training and instruction, democratic behavior, autocratic behavior, social support and positive feedback of state level and female wrestler players. Two hundred sixty four (Males=140, females =124) state level wrestler players representing their respective university in state competitions and who volunteered their participate in this study, were selected to serve as subjects for this study. The subjects were in age group of 18 to 23 years. The subjects were selected from among the male and female Wrestler players taken part in State competitions. The leadership scale for sports development was used to measure the preferred leader behavior of State level male and female Wrestler players on five dimension of leader behavior i.e. training and instruction, democratic behavior, autocratic behavior, social support and positive feedback. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to see the significance of difference between means of male Wrestler players on various dimensions of preferred leadership behavior which resulted significant f-ratio (20.934). further application of Scheffe?s test of post-hoc comparisons indicated that State level male Wrestler players of proffered their coaches more of training and instruction (4.352) followed by positive feedback (4.243), social support (3.813), democratic behavior (3.057), and autocratic behavior (3.643). as the paired mean difference between training and instruction – social support (.439) followed by positive feedback (.109), autocratic behavior (1.295) and democratic behavior (.709) : social support – positive feedback (.430) followed by autocratic behavior (.756), democratic behavior (.070) : positive feedback – autocratic behavior (.186) followed by democratic behavior (.600) and autocratic behavior – democratic behavior (.586) were higher than C.I. In case of female Wrestler players, ANOVA was also applied to see the difference between means of five dimensions of preferred leadership which resulted significant f-ration (112.603). the applications of Scheffe?s rest of posthoc comparison indicated that State level female players of cross country also preferred in greater amount o training and instruction (4.441) followed by positive feedback (4.251),social support(3.823), democratic behavior (3.544), and autocratic behavior (2.857). as the paired mean difference between training and instruction – social support (.598) followed by positive feedback (.191), autocratic behavior (1.584) and democratic behavior (.898) : social support – positive feedback (.427) followed by autocratic behavior (.966), democratic behavior (.270) : positive feedback – autocratic behavior (.393) followed by democratic behavior (.707) and autocratic behavior – democratic behavior (.686) were higher than C.I. To find out the significance of difference between means scores of preferences on leader behavior dimension of male and female Wrestler players, t-ratio was computed. The State level male and female Wrestler players expressed significantly similar preferences on democratic behavior (1.10), autocratic behavior (1.877), social support (.154) and positive feedback (.111) but the State level male and female Wrestler players were significant difference in training and instruction (2.00)
Diurnal Rhythms in Selected Physical Variables before and During Ramadan Fasting
Get PDFThe purpose of the present study was to assess diurnal variations in selected physical variables before and during Ramadan fasting. The physical variables (speed, speed endurance, agility and power) were documented around the clock at five 4-hourly intervals before Ramadan began and on the twenty-third day of Ramadan (daytime fasting). Ten healthy nonsmoking male handball players volunteers were included in the study after routine clinical and laboratory examinations. These subjects were selected from Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University. Their ages averaged 27 ± 1.9 years. Time series were analysed with repeated measures ANOVA which revealed that there was a statistically significant changes as a result of Ramadan fasting among experimental days and times on speed, speed endurance, agility and power. Experimental day and time interaction showed that during Ramadan, compared with control period, time related variations of speed, speed endurance, agility and power changed significantly. To evaluate rhythmicity, the single cosinor method was used. Cosinor analysis clearly shows the shift in acrophase obtained from the subjects before to the 23rd day of Ramadan fasting. Ramadan induces day time changes in speed, speed endurance, agility and power
Comparison of Selected Motor Skill Related Performance and Academic Achievement among the Sixth Grade Respondents
Get PDFThe purpose of the study was designed to find out the comparison of selected motor skill related performance and academic achievement among the sixth grade respondents. During the academic year 2012 – 2013, 30 boys and 30 girls studying in government higher secondary school, Silattur, Erichi, Aranthangi, Pudukkottai, Tamilnadu, India were selected to achieve the purpose of the study. They were selected based on their academic achievement in the quarterly examination as above average, average and below average achievers making up a total of 60 respondents. The age of the respondents ranges from 12 to 14 years. The academic achievement of the respondents in the quarterly examination was considered as independent variables for this study. The criterion variables selected for the study are motor skills related performance such as 50 mts run and vertical jump. The data were statistically analyzed by using Two Way (2x3) Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for evaluating the influence of the two criterion variables. The obtained results have three F- ratio, two for main effect; the first F- ratio for rows (referring to gender) and columns (referring to academic achievement) and one for interaction (referring to the gender and academic achievement). The obtained F- ratio for column (referring to the gender and academic achievement) was significant. Scheffe‘s Test was used as Post Hoc Test separately for column to find out the significant difference between paired mean. In all the conditions, the significant level was fixed as 0.05 level, which was considered to be appropriate. The result reveals that there existed significant difference between the above average achievers and average achievers; above average achievers and below average achievers; and average achievers and below average achievers of gender on power. There existed significant difference between genders irrespective of academic achievement on speed. Hence it reveals that there was no significant difference between average achievers and below average achievers; and above average achievers and average achievers of gender on power. Further, it also reveals that there no significant difference on speed among the gender at different academic achievement
Economy Politics and Sports Promotion
Get PDFThe development of games and sports has relations with the economy and politics of the country. It is evident from the world history that in every regime the ruler has tried to promote games and sports in the country, although their objectives might not be similar. There are instances of nations which have promoted physical culture, games and sports for making their nation physically fit as well as mentally alert, to prepare their defense personnel for tough jobs and even to reduce the national budget on medical expenditure of their citizens. The political set-up of the country shapes the fate of sports and games. The reality is that the economy of the country is now subject to politicization. It may not be wrong if it is said that prior to the promotion of sports and games, the destiny of the economy of the nation is decided by the politics of the country. The responsibility of formulation and implementation of economic policies, taking into consideration the needs of the country as well as the development of national economy matching with the rest of the world lies with National Government run by the Political leaders, Economists and Bureaucrats. In the promotion of games and sports, political system of a country plays a vitalrole
Effects of Physical Exercise on Memory – a Study
Get PDFThe motivation behind this audit is to furnish a depiction of the logical proof of the profits of physical action on health and well-being, centering especially on the aversion of no communicable illnesses (Ncds – likewise regularly alluded to as unending infections), and to present case investigations of 'what works' in distinctive settings and contexts
A Comparative Study on selected psychomotor abilities between male baseball pitcher and cricket fast bowler
Get PDFThe aim of this study is to find out the significant differences of selected Psychomotor Abilities between male Baseball pitcher and cricket fast bowler. A group of thirty (N=30) male subjects aged between 18-28 years, who participated in intercollege competitions organized by the Department of Sports, Guru Nanak Dev University, volunteered to participate in this study were selected for this study. The purposive sampling technique was used to attain the objectives of the study. All the subjects, after having been informed about the objective and protocol of the study, gave their consent and volunteered to participate in this study. They were further divided into two groups of 15each (i.e., N1=15; pitcher and N2=15; fast bowler). The “t” test was applied to find out the significant differences between male Baseball pitcher and cricket fast bowler. To test the hypotheses, the level of significance was set at 0.05. The results revealed significant differences between Baseball pitcher and cricket fast bowler on the sub-variables i.e. speed, agility and Cardiovascular Endurance. However, no significant differences were noticed with regard to the sub-variables i.e. strength and static balance
Analysis of Selected Hand Anthropometric Measurements among South West Zone Inter University Male Handball Players
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to analyse the selected hand anthropometric measurements among south zone inter university male handball players. The selected players right and left hand length and width were measured on 144 male handball players who had right hand as dominant hand. These players took part in south west zone inter university handball tournament for the year 2010-2011 organized by S.R.T.M University, Nanded, Maharashtra. In this study date was collected from teams who reached quarter finals and Annamalai University team. The hand length and width was selected as criterion variable and measured by vernier caliper, gulick tape and measuring scale. The collected data was analysed using ANOVA, when F is found to be significant Tukey HSD post hoc test was applied. The result of the study showed that right hand length (F = 1.61, p = 0.126) and left hand length (F = 1.19, p = 0.308) show no significant difference between the groups. However, right hand width (F = 5.450, p = 0.000) and left hand width (F = 6.302, p = 0.000). It shows that Rajasthan university handball players showed greater hand width on both hands than other team players. It can be concluded that hand width shows significant variations among the south west zone inter university handball tournament. The criterion variables which are selected in the present study show significant impact on griping the ball