A comparative study of Physical Fitness and Adjustment among Sports Persons and Non Sports Persons of Srinagar

Abstract

Today the world is a competitive place, Sports teach to strive and compete for what a person wants out of life. By being introduced to compete at a young age, sportsmen are able to pursue their dreams. The longer part of their life is being healthy through exercise. In youth sports is essential contributor to lifestyle of exercise and eating right. As well as introduce to alternative ways to stay fit physically as well as mentally. If you are satisfied with yourself on the outside it influences to have a positive outlook of yourself on the inside which could lead to find true happiness. Those who are not active in sports need to realize what they are missing. Those who are active must be encouraged to remain so. Sports should become integral part of every one s life in schools and in home as well. Generally a healthy person is gifted with a will stronger than a physically week person. The world of games and sports has crossed many milestones, as a result of different achievements in sports and games in general and their adjustment in society in particular. Adjustment is a behavioural process by which humans maintain equilibrium among their various needs or between their needs and the obstacles of their environments. Participation in Sport and games activities has its affect on different factors of adjustment. The present study is an attempt to find out comparison among Sports Persons and Non-sports persons of District Srinagar Kashmir on Body Mass Index (BMI), body fat Percentage (BF %), Components of Physical Fitness and factors of adjustment. The physical Fitness components include Strength, Speed, agility and Flexibility while as the factors of Adjustment include, Social adjustment, Emotional Adjustment, Health Adjustment, Home Adjustment and Financial Adjustment. newlineNeed and Importance: Since some studies have been conducted on sports and games, it has been reported that sports has a profound effect on physical fitness and on some adjustment behaviours of an individual whether male or female/ young or old, it..