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International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Yogic Sciences Vol. 2 No. 2 (February, 2013): 57- 58
Refereed Research Journal
ISSN: 2249-8575
Comparative study on kinesthetic sense between football and field
hockey players
P. Swamy Kumar and G. Vasanthi
See end of the article for
authors’ affiliations
P. Swamy Kumar
Ph. D. Research Scholar
Department of Physical Education and Sports
Pondicherry University, Pondicherry
ondicherry
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to compare the kinesthetic
kin
sense between the Football
ball players and Field hockey
players. To achieve this purpose 25 Football and 25 Field
Hockey players were selected as subjects from the players
(Pondicherry) who belongs to the
t
affiliated colleges of
Pondicherry University and their age ranged from 18-25
18
years. ‘t’ test was used for computing the data and it was
concluded that there was no significant
signific
difference between
the Football
ball players and Field hockey players
player in kinesthetic
sense.
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Key Words: Kinesthetic sense, Field H
Hockey, Football.
All human activity is related with kinesthetic sense. A
beginner in any sports/games may not be very accurate
in executing a particular skill. For example, in the game
of Hockey at the beginning the players may not execute
perfect skills like dodging or hitting
hitti and in Football
they may not trap the ball perfectly etc. This may be
due to lack of practice and experience where as an
experienced person will be able to execute a skill
perfectly in a game situation. Hence it is clear that
employing kinesthetic sense become automatic and
obvious. This shows clearly that the kinesthetic sense is
the mental attitude that is applied to a particular game
situation in the training. The experience acquired in a
particular skill, helps us to gain knowledge on
kinesthetic sense
se and attain desired results.
Methodology
The University level players served as subjects for this
study. For this purpose of the study 50 students were
selected from the Pondicherry University players
(Pondicherry) who belongs to affiliated colleges of
Pondicherry
ondicherry University. Quadrant Graduated board test
was selected to measure the kinesthetic sense.
Results and Discussion:
Table I: Comparison of Level of Kinesthetic Sense
between Football and
nd Field Hockey Players
Group
Football
Field
Hockey
Mean
46.14
σ
1.34
σDM
0.267
46.45
0.96
0.19
0.192
M.D.
t -ratio
0.30
0.970
The mean score of kinesthetic sense between Football
and Field Hockey players are 46.14 and 46.45
respectively. As the obtained ‘t’ ratio 0.970 is less than
the required ‘t’ value 2.01 at .05 level for 48 degrees of
freedom, there is no significant difference in kinesthetic
sense between Football
ball and Field hockey players.
Kinesthetic Sense
100%
80%
60%
46.14
Football
46.45
FieldHockey
40%
20%
0%
Football
FieldHockey
Discussion on Findings:
The results of the study showed that there was no
significant difference between Football and Field
Hockey players in Kinesthetic sense. It may be due to
the similarity of the two sports which requires more
speed endurance played in the large area sports. But
research have shown that there is significant difference
between small area sports and large area sports in
which small area sports are better in kinesthetic sense
than large area sports.
tab t 0.05 (48) = 2.01
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Conclusion:
There is no significant difference in kinesthetic sense
between Football and Field hockey players.
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G. Vasanthi, Associate Professor
Department of Physical Education and Sports
Pondicherry University, Pondicherry
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