STUDY OF PSYCHOMOTOR VARIABLES OF BASKETBALL PLAYERS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMPETITIONS
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analysis the differences of psychomotor variables of basketball players at different levels of competitions. This study is a part of doctorate study having a title “Study of Physiological, Body Composition and Psychomotor variables of Basketball Players at different levels of Competitions”. Study was conducted on 50 basketball male players (25 inter college and 25 under-19 School male basketball players). In This study psychomotor variables were taken i. Differentiation ability and ii. Orientation ability. With regard to purpose of the study mean and standard deviation were calculated. In order to check the differences „t‟-test was applied. Results showed that there exists a significant difference between Inter College and Under-19 School Male Basketball Players among their Psychomotor variables. It showed that Differentiation and Orientation abilities are higher in Inter College Basketball Male Players when statistically compared with Under-19 School basketball male players.
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