A Comparative Study of Explosive Strength and Selective Anthropometric Variables between the Basketball and Volleyball Players

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to compare the explosive strength and selective anthropometric variables between Basketball and Volleyball players. Thirty district level Volleyball (N=30) & thirty district level Basketball (N=30), male players were taken as the subjects for the Study respectively from ‘Youth Town Club' (YTC) ‘Bolpur Town Club' (BTC) and Visva-Bharati university from Bolpur, Birbhum district, West Bengal, India. The age group of the subjects was ranged from (18-24) years. To measure the explosive strength in leg muscles and shoulder muscles between the basketball and volleyball players ‘Standing broad jump test' and ‘Medicine ball throws' were conducted on the subjects for present study and for anthropometric characteristics ‘Standing height', ‘Weight', ‘Leg Length', ‘Arm Length' also were measured.  The collecting data were calculated by using descriptive statistic and student "t” test and level of significance was set at 0.05 levels. There was no significant difference exists on Height, Weight, Leg Length between Basketball and Volleyball players, as because Cal "t” value (1.32, 0.270 & 1.60) are lower than Tab "t” 0.05(58) value (2.000). But in case of Arm Length, Standing broad jump and Medicine ball throws between Basketball and Volleyball players significant difference were exist, as because Cal "t” value (2.07, 3.166 & 2.179) are higher than Tab "t” 0.05(58) value (2.000).