doi no.: 05-2016-44975451, DOI Link :: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/11.2017-67835853/

 ^{Dr. Satinder Paul 1}

Affiliation:

¹  Assistant Professor, Akal College of Physical Education, Mastuana Sahib, Sangrur, Punjab, India

ABSTRACT

       The aim of the study was to analyze the hand reaction time and eye hand co-ordination among female cricket & handball players. The study was conducted on 50 female players in which 25 crickets & 25 handballs selected as a sample from different colleges of Punjabi University, Patiala. All the samples participated at least Intervarsity level tournament. The age of the sample ranged from 18-25 years & all the samples were selected from random basis. To measure the hand reaction time, Digital Reaction Time Tester was preferred & to assess eye hand co-ordination, Ball transfer test was used. The scoring was done according to rule led down by the authors. This test is highly reliable & valid for measuring hand reaction time & eye hand co-ordination of selected subjects.  The‘t’ test was used to find out significant difference between two groups i.e. cricket players & handball players. Results found that Female cricket players have slow auditory reaction time (ART) & faster visual reaction time (VRT) as compared to female handball players. Female cricket players have poor eye hand co-ordination (EHC) as compared to female handball players.

Keywords: Hand Reaction Time (HRT), Eye Hand Co-ordination (EHC), Female Players (Cricket & Handball) etc.

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