A Comparative Study of Health-Related Physical Fitness – Flexibility of Basketball Players and Handball Players of Thane District

Abstract of the Study: The objective of this work was a comparative study of health-related physical fitness – flexibility of basketball players and handball players of thane district representing at the Junior college level and the study to obtain the result based on the 200 male players grouped in two groups of basketball players (n = 100), handball players (n = 100) all aged between 16 and 19 years. The data were collected from both male groups of basketball players and further analyzed using t test. The result can be seen that the t-value is 4.12 which is significant at 0.05 level with DF=198. It indicates that mean scores of Flexibility of Basketball Players Group and Handball Players Groups differ significantly. Thus, the Null Hypothesis that there is no significant difference in Mean Score of Flexibility of Basketball Players Group and Handball Players Groups is rejected. The mean scores of Flexibility of Basketball Players Group is 26.55 which is significantly higher than Handball Players Group which is 23.12. It may therefore be said that Basketball Players are superior than Handball Players. These findings may elucidate which groups were are most impacted as well as it would help teachers and physical education and sport professionals identify the flexibility amongst them.