Construction and standardization of specific physical fitness test battery for Circle Style Kabaddi players

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to construct and standardize the specific physical fitness test battery for college level Circle Style Kabaddi Male Players. The descriptive type study was designed to collect the data on selected 21 physical fitness test items. With the purposive sampling technique a sample of 216 circle style male kabaddi players was taken from sixteen teams which were qualified for the league stage or qualified for the semifinal of the inter college tournament of selected universities i.e. PU Chandigarh, Pbi. U Patiala, G N D U Amritsar and KU Kurukshetra during the session of 2.017-18. The results were obtained through the SPSS version newline21.0. Factor Analysis technique was applied to develop the Specific Physical Fitness Test Battery of eight test items namely Medicine Ball Throw (Muscular Power), Dips (Strength Endurance), 50 Meters Run (Speed), Flamingo Balance Test (Balance Ability), Shuttle Run (Agility), Ball Reaction Exercise Test (Reaction Ability), 600 Meters Run (Cardio- Vascular Endurance) and Bridge Test (Flexibility). All These tests had high rotated loading values such as Medicine Ball Throw 0.85, Dips (Push-Ups) 0.67, 50 Meters Run 0.80, Flamingo Balance Test 0.64, Shuttle Run 0.71, Ball Reaction Exercise Test 0.70, 600 Meters Run 0.79 and Bridge Test newline0.63. A Short Specific Physical Fitness Test Battery for Male Players of Circle Style Kabaddi consisting of three test items namely Medicine Ball Throw (Muscular Power), 50 Meters Run (Speed) and 600 Meters Run (Cardio Vascular Endurance) was also yielded. The reliability coefficient correlation was from 0.84 to 0.98 and the objectivity coefficient correlation was from 0.72 to 0.97. These values were significant at 0.05 level of confidence. The percentile norms were developed from the whole data for Circle Style Kabaddi Male Players. newline