COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HAND GRIP AND SHOULDER GIRDLE STRENGTH AMONG INTER-COLLEGE LEVEL CRICKET, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PLAYERS
Dr. Amandeep Singh, Ph.D. Department of Physical Education (T), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India.
ABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to compare the hand grip and shoulder girdle strength among cricket, baseball and softball players. A sample of thirty six (N = 36) male inter- college level players (mean ± SD: age 20.53 ± 0.97 years, height 181.33 ± 3.43 cm, weight 74.03 ± 3.95 kg, BMI 22.52 ± 1.40), which includes twelve each cricket, baseball and softball players, who participated in inter-college competitions of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India, was selected. All the participants were informed
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Since the obtained F-values were found significant, therefore, the Post-hoc test (Scheffe’s) was applied to see the direction and significance of difference between paired means of inter college level cricket, baseball and softball players with regard to right hand grip strength, left hand grip strength and shoulder girdle strength. The results of Post-hoc test (Scheffe’s) have been presented in table-4 below.
Table: 4. Comparison of Mean Values of Post-Hoc Test (Scheffe’s) among Inter-College Level Cricket, Baseball and Softball Players with regards to Right & Left Hand grip Strength and Shoulder Girdle.
Variables Sports Groups Mean Difference
Sig.
Cricket Baseball Softball
Right Hand grip Strength 37.19 38.86 1.67*
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