Comparative Study Of Agility Among Urban And Rural Area Of College Going Students
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Agility of a person is important for moving quickly from one direction to another while playing any game like football, hockey, basketball, handball etc,. Some games need much more agility. So the players who are playing these particular games need to be fully agile. The purpose of the study was to find out the agility level between urban and rural area students of Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded. Materials and Methods: Data was individually collected on 40 students, 20 from urban area and 20 from rural (Age 16±25 years) at Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded. Shuttle run test was used. Simple random sampling was used for the collection of data. The data were analysed using descriptive and t test. Results: The mean value of urban and rural area students was 12.32#12.03 and standard deviation of urban and rural area students was 1.27#1.19, respectively in relation to agility. Calculated t–ratio was found 0.74 in relation to agility. Conclusions: no significant difference was found between urban and rural area students of Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded in relation to agility.
Comparative Study Of Agility Among Urban And Rural Area Of College Going Students
Dr. Thakur Arjunsingh Narayansingh: Physical Director, Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded
Email Id: dr.arjunsinghthakur28@gmail.com
Sadhane Rajendra Narsinghrao: Physical Director,Late B.P.E.G College Hanegaon
Email Id: rajendrasadhane243@gmail.com
Abstract
Agility of a person is important for moving quickly from one direction to another while playing any game like football, hockey, basketball, handball etc,. Some games need much more agility. So the players who are playing these particular games need to be fully agile. The purpose of the study was to find out the agility level between urban and rural area students of Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded. Materials and Methods: Data was individually collected on 40 students, 20 from urban area and 20 from rural (Age 16±25 years) at Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded. Shuttle run test was used. Simple random sampling was used for the collection of data. The data were analysed using descriptive and t test. Results: The mean value of urban and rural area students was 12.32#12.03 and standard deviation of urban and rural area students was 1.27#1.19, respectively in relation to agility. Calculated t–ratio was found 0.74 in relation to agility. Conclusions: no significant difference was found between urban and rural area students of Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded in relation to agility.
Keywords: Agility, Shuttle Run, Urban Area and Rural Area
Introduction
Children who are quick in moving while playing the sports and games are considered good players on seeing by the experts. Some children are much more enthusiastic for the sports and games. These children are interested in playing these sports and games every time. But some children are lazy and are interested in sedentary life. By playing games and sports, a child becomes physically and mentally sound. Physical and mental fitness is essential for them to lead a healthy life. Agility of a person is important for moving quickly from one direction to another while playing any game like football, hockey, basketball, handball etc,. Some games need much more agility. So the players who are playing these particular games need to be fully agile. So we can say, we should make our children fully agile, so that they can enjoy their games very well.
Methods
Data was individually collected on 40 students, 20 from urban area and 20 from rural area (Age 16±25 years) at Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded. Test used to measure the agility for the students of Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded was shuttle run. Simple random sampling was used for collection of data. The data was analysed using descriptive and t test.
Results
The mean value and standard deviation of urban and rural area students was (12.32#12.03 and 1.27#1.19), respectively in relation to agility. Calculated t–ratio was found 0.74 in relation to agility.
|
Group |
Mean |
S.D |
T-ratio |
|
Urban students |
12.32 |
1.27 |
|
|
Rural students |
12.03 |
1.19 |
0.74 |
Table 1: Tabulated presentation of agility among urban and rural area students.
Graph 1: Graphical presentation of agility among urban and rural area students
Discussion
Researcher has undertaken the study, “comparative study of agility among urban and rural area of college going students of Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded” and the subjects were selected from Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded. The data pertaining to this study was collected through shuttle run test. In overall Numerical and statistical analysis of agility among urban and rural area students of Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded, it was found that there was no significant difference between urban and rural area students of Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded in relation to agility. Hence the hypotheses were rejected.
Conclusions & Recommendations
The result showed that there was no significant difference between urban and rural area students of Rajiv Gandhi College Mudkhed, Nanded in relation to agility. Hence the hypotheses were rejected.
The similar study may be repeated on the female subjects and other class of the society for different age groups. To make this study more authentic and valid, the study may be repeated on the larger sample.
References
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- Singh Ajmer et al.’’ Modern text book of physical education, health and sports, Kalyani publications, New Delhi.
- Kansal Kr. Devinder, ‘’Test and measurement in sports and physical education,’’ DVS Publication New Delhi.
