Vol. 1, Issue 9, Part P (2015)
Relationship between motor abilities and clear skill level of Delhi badminton players
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between motor abilities and clear skill of badminton players for which 60 badminton players (40 boys and 20girls) were selected from various badminton coaching centers of Delhi has age ranged from 13 to 15 years. Motor abilities, namely agility, balance, flexibility, explosive power (SBJ&VJ), reaction time, speed, strength was measured by conducting 10 yard shuttle run, Stork balance, bend and reach, standing broad jump (SBJ), Sargent jump (VJ), Nelson hand reaction, 30 meter dash, sit-up tests. Hicks, clear skill test was used to assess the badminton skill of the selected subjects. Pearson Product moment coefficient of correlation with significant level at (p<0.05) was used to examine the correlations between smash skill and agility, balance, flexibility, explosive power, reaction time, speed, strength. The analysis of data of boys badminton players revealed that clear skill was positively correlated with the strength (r = 0.318), and explosive power (r = 0.388), whereas agility (r = -0.476) was negatively correlated with the clear skill. No significant correlation was observed between speed, flexibility, reaction time, balance, leg power and clear skill of boys’ badminton players.
How to cite this article:
Navin Kumar, Sanesh Kumari. Relationship between motor abilities and clear skill level of Delhi badminton players. Int J Appl Res 2015;1(9):1077-1079.