Assessing Motor Abilities In Basketball And Handball Players: A Comparative Study

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to assess the motor abilities of basketball and handball male players. For this study, 30 male players were selected randomly as subjects (15 players from basketball and 15 players from handball) who participated in the inter-university competition for Manipur University. The subjects’ ages ranged from 18 to 21 years. The selected motor abilities of the study were speed and agility. The test for administration of speed ability was 20-meter dash and for administration of agility ability was Illinois agility test. The collected data were analysed in the SPSS platform by using descriptive statistics and an independent sample t-test was employed. The level of significance is set at 0.05. The results foundthat there was an insignificant difference in speed ability between basketball and handball players as the calculated t-value of 0.098 was less than the tabulated t-value of 2.048. Similarly, there was an insignificant difference found in agility ability between basketball and handball players as the calculated t-value of 0.518 was less than the tabulated t-value of 2.048. Thus, it can be concluded that there is no significant difference between basketball and handball players in their speed and agility abilities. This was determined as both basketball and handball require speed and agility for the effectiveness of performance.