IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SELECTED COORDINATIVE ABILITIES BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS

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Sanjit Mandal

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Background: Fitness means being in good physical condition and able to function at one’s best level. Total fitness for living involves spiritual, mental, emotional and social as well as physical qualities Coordination is about controlling all the body parts while doing different activities of children. Methods: A group of sixty (N=60) Female soccer players aged between 13-18 years were randomly allowed for this study from different club of north 24 parganas district, West Bengal. They were further divided into two groups of 30 each (i.e., N1=30; rural players and N2=30; urban players). The purposive sampling technique was used to attain the objectives of the study. Orientation ability, Differentiation ability, Reaction ability, Balance ability and Rhythmic ability were the Coordinative abilities selected for the study. The independent sample t- test statistical technique was used to analyze the significant difference of coordinative abilities between rural and urban female soccer players and the level of significance was set at 0.05 levels. Results: The results showed that there was significant difference between rural and urban female soccer players, in respect to their Coordinative abilities on the sub variables i.e. reaction ability, orientation ability and differentiation ability. However insignificant difference was found for rhythm ability. Conclusions: It can be concluded that the rural female soccer players were better in Orientation ability, Differentiation ability, Reaction ability and Balance ability in comparison to urban female soccer players.

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