Comparative Study of Selected Physical Fitness Parameters between Intercollegiate Men Football and Volleyball Players

Abstract

The Purpose of the study was to compare the physical fitness parameters such as cardiovascular endurance and explosive power between intercollegiate level men football and volleyball players. In order to achieve this research purpose forty (N=40) football players and volleyball players from YMCA college of physical education, Chennai district were selected randomly. Their age was ranged between 18 to 25 years. They were divided into two equal groups, consists twenty (n=20) members each group. Group-I football players and group-II volleyball players. Standardized tests were conducted to collect the data of cardiovascular endurance and explosive power from the subjects. To find out the results, the collected data were statistically analyzed by computing ‘t’ test . Level of significant was fixed at 0.05. Based on the statistical result it was concluded that the football players have more cardiovascular endurance than the volleyball players and volleyball players have more explosive power than the football players.