The article attempts to examine the relationship among selected motor ability components and bowling ability of cricketers. The study focuses on selected motor fitness components to ensure the bowling ability among university level Cricket players. Motor fitness is a present aptitude for physical skills, includes speed, agility and explosive power enriches today’s Manpower in players performance. To achieve the purpose of this study, Twenty two (N=22) men cricket players (Bowlers) were purposively selected as subjects from Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University at Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Their age ranged from 18 to 25 years (20.17 ± 2.37 years). Three motor fitness components, such as Speed, Agility and Explosive Power and bowling skill ability tests were evaluated of each subject. Descriptive statistics and correlation were used as a statistical technique for the present study. The hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation with the help of IBM SPSS (22.00) software. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05.The results of the study show that there is a positive correlation between the explosive power and bowling ability of cricketers. Other variables were not shown any significant relationship with the bowling ability. Hence the study concluded that successful performance in cricket bowling requires the ability to generate explosive power. To achieve desired objective researchers showed that bowling ability and explosive power was inter related. KEYWORDS : Skill Performance, Speed, Agility, Explosive power.

The aim of this assessment is to discover the significant differences of motor fitness components between batsmen and bowler. A group of thirty (N=30) male subjects aged between 18-28 years were chosen for this appraisal from Guru Nanak Dev university, Amritsar (Punjab), India. The purposive sampling technique was utilized to accomplish the objectives of the appraisal. Every one of the subjects, in the wake of having been educated about objective and protocol of the study, gave their agreement and volunteered to take an interest in this appraisal. They were further partitioned into two group of 15 each (i.e., N1=15; batsmen and N2=15; bowler). Student’s t-test for independent data was utilized to evaluate the between- group differences. The level of p≤0.05 was considered significant. Investigation of data uncovered that there were insignificant differences of speed (p = 0.20), strength (p = 0.096) agility (p = 0.06) and Cardiovascular Endurance (p = 0.21) amongst Batsmen and Bowler, the calculated value of t for all the variables i.e., speed (t=1.30), strength (1.72), agility (1.94) and Cardiovascular Endurance (1.41 is smaller than the tabulated value of t (=2.048) for 28 degree of freedom. In this way, it might be presumed that the group difference between Batsmen and Bowler with respect to speed, strength, agility and endurance observed to be statistically insignificant. Whereas significant differences of static Balance (p = 0.019) between Batsmen and Bowler, since the calculated value of t for static Balance (t=2.50) is higher than the tabulated value of t (=2.048) for 28 degree of freedom. In this manner it might be inferred that the group difference between Batsmen and Bowler in regards to speed, strength, agility and Cardiovascular Endurance observed to be statistically insignificant. Whereas significant differences of static Balance found.

The purpose of this study was to identify the gross motor development level of primary school students playing three different sports (athletics, volleyball and cricket). A total of 90 subjects (athletics = 30, volleyball=30, cricket =30) participated in the study. Gross motor development tests Ulrich (2000) with a coefficient of 0.88-0.96 (Hardy, 2009) was conducted to assess the level of gross motor development of young athletes from different sports. There was a significant difference [F (2,87) = 108.2, p = 0.00 ] for gross motor development among young athletes for different sports (athletics, crickets, and volleyball). Post hoc analysis on the GMDQ mean scores showed cricket and volleyball players differed from athletics (p<0.01). Age of locomotor (AEL) scores for the three types of sports also shows significant differences [F (2,87)=86.6, p<0.00] for all three sports. For control object scores (AEM), there were significant differences [F (2,87) = 61.2 , p = 0.00 ] betwee...

The purpose of the study was to study Motor fitness and playing ability of Hockey players. There were four selective motor fitness components which were used as a criterion measures for this study. For analysis the data and to find out the relationship between selective motor fitness and playing ability Pea rson product moment correlation ship was applied. Level of confidence was set at .05 levels. Firstly, selective fitness components were evaluated. The result of the study clearly discloses that motor fitness had considerable relationship with the playing ability of the University level Hockey players of D.A.V.V. Indore. On the basis of results and associated discussion it may be concluded that motor fitness and playing ability h ad low correlation. There might be some reasons of the low correlation in the perspective of good scientific coaching. There was the possibility of the lack of coaching aspects, which shows clearly in the findings that the motor fitness was less correlated with playing ability.

Comparative study of selected bio motor variables between Foot ball players and Hockey state level players in Pondicherry P.Arul Deva Paul* Ph.D. Scholar Department of Physical Education and Sports, Pondicherry University. Mail- arulmped@gmail.com Key word : Agility, Explosive power, Flexibility, Endurance, Foot ball & Hockey state level players Abstract This study was designed to deal with comparative study of selected bio motor variables between foot ball players and hockey state level players in Pondicherry. For this study the state level 15 foot ball players and 15 basket ball players were selected form Pondicherry state. The player’s age range from 22-26 by records. Bio motor variables are agility, explosive power, flexibility, and endurance. The score resolute as a result of administrating the illinois test, standing broad jump, harvard step test and sit and reach test The data collected were statically analyzed by using “t” ratio for significance. Result: It was concluded that there all the variables are have significant difference but foot ball players than hockey players.

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of cricket drill training on the selected skill performance variables of school boys. To achieve the purpose twenty school boys were randomly selected from the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya High School, Periyanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore. The subject's age was ranged from 12 to 15 years. The selected subjects were considered as only one group. The following criterion variables were selected for the study such as namely skill performances variables namely cover drive and straight drive. The training period would be the six weeks except Saturday and Sunday every week. Data were collected from each subject before and after the six weeks of specific drill training. The collected data were statistically analyzed by using't' ratio. It was found that there was a significant improvement on selected skill performance variables due to the specific drill training.

The purpose of the present study was to compare the selected sports specific psychomotor abilities between batsmen and bowlers in cricket. The study was conducted on 12 male cricketers (6 batsmen and 6 bowlers) purposively selected from 18-25 age group. Subjects were selected from the students of Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education, Gwalior. For the purpose of measurement Vienna test system (VTS), a leading computerized psychological assessment tool was used for measuring time movement anticipation, reaction test, senso-motor coordination, sustained attention variables. For the purpose of statistical assessment one way ANOVA was used at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that apart from one subvariable MMT_RT(mean motor time_reaction time) which was significant as rest all the subvariables were found to be insignificant. Keywords: VTS, Time-movement Anticipation, Reaction Test, Sensomotor Coordination, Sustained Attentio

Background: Motor fitness has a big impact on the cricket performance pyramid. Objectives: The research concentrates on certain motor fitness components to improve playing competency in both high-and low-performing Divisional women cricket players. Methods: For this study, 36 female players were randomly selected as subjects from the Bangladesh Women's National Cricket League held in Sylhet in 2022-23. They ranged in age from 16 to 27 years. Three equal groups of twelve people each were formed from the chosen subjects. Khulna, Sylhet, and Dhaka teams were represented by Group I, Group II, and Group III, respectively. Regular exercises and training were provided to enhance the player's performance in the game. Our research scholar additionally prepared the questionnaires with the help of the literature review. The researcher reported the following motor fitness factors: explosive leg power, speed, agility, and cardiovascular endurance. The generated data were gathered during the competition and statistically evaluated after the competition by applying ANOVA and Post Hoc Test (Tukey HSD). The researcher used the statistical software package SPSS version 26 for data analysis. Results: The results of the study showed that there were significant differences in motor fitness characteristics between high and low-performing Divisional women cricket players. High-performing players had significantly better scores on cardiovascular endurance (p=.000), explosive leg power (p=.013), speed (p=.002), and agility (p=.000) than lowperforming players. The Champion Team (Sylhet) of the league was discovered to be more successful than other teams in achieving high-level performance. Conclusion The study concluded that to execute the best gaming plan, playing skill exclusively depends on physical condition and a stress-free mind. The study highlights the importance of motor fitness characteristics in cricket performance. The findings may have implications for developing training programs tailored to improve specific motor fitness characteristics for players at different performance levels.