A Comparative Study of Shuttle Run Performance of Male Kho-Kho Players on Different Playing Surfaces
*Om Prakash Kewat
** Dr. Vivek Mishra
ABSTRACT
Due to varied properties, the agility of male Kho-Kho players on clay and synthetic surfaces may vary and it is essential to know the difference so that coaches can facilitate player’s smooth transition from clay to synthetic playing surface. Hence the present study was planned to assess the agility of male Kho-Kho players on clay and synthetic surfaces. To conduct the study, 50 male interuniversity/national level kho-kho players were selected. The age range of the selected subjects was 18-25 years. Purposive sampling was used for the selection of the sample. A 10-meter shuttle run test was used for data collection. It was found that on clay surface the mean shuttle run timings of male interuniversity kho-kho players were recorded as 19.07 seconds while on synthetic surface the mean shuttle run timings of male interuniversity kho-kho players were recorded as 19.39 seconds. The result suggests that male interuniversity kho-kho players performed faster on clay surfaces in the shuttle run test as compared to their performance on synthetic playing surfaces but this can not justified statistically because the calculated ‘t’ = 1.53 did not meet the statistical criteria of significance. Based on the results, it was concluded that the shuttle run performance of male kho-kho players was better on clay surfaces as compared to the synthetic playing surface but it lacks statistical support and therefore further research is needed to validate these results by including a larger sample size.
* Research Scholar, SOS in Physical Education, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur C.G.
** Principal, Netaji Subhas College, Abhanpur Raipur C.G.
Keywords: Clay and Synthetic Surface, Kho-Kho, Shuttle Run
DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2501I02S01V13P0041
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