Author(s): Lingaraju VN and Dr. Sundar Raj URS

Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to compare the motor ability variables of college level swimmers, cyclists and athletes. For this purpose fifteen subjects were selected in each discipline with age ranging 18-25 for the comparison of selected motor ability and psychological variables. The variables selected for the study were speed (50 Meter Dash), agility (shuttle run) and leg explosive power (standing broad jump). One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to find out the significant difference among different disciplines. The Scheffe’s post hoc test was used to find the significant difference in paired mean scores. It was concluded that there was significant difference between swimmers, cyclists and athletes in speed, agility and leg explosive power variables. The athletes had better speed, agility and leg explosive power than swimmers and cyclists. The sportsmen must be given good physical conditioning training to enable them to improve the performance in their respective events.

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