Vol. 8, Issue 1, Part F (2022)

Abstract
The purpose of the study was to compare selected motor fitness components of intercollegiate level football and hockey male players of the colleges in Chandigarh affiliated to Panjab University. To achieve the objective of the study, 52 intercollegiate level male players (26 hockey, 26 football) were selected as subjects by using purposive sampling technique. The age of the subjects ranged between 18-24 years. The study was confined to selected motor fitness components namely speed, abdominal strength, agility and cardiovascular endurance. The data were recorded by different measures namely 50 meter dash, sit ups, shuttle run (4×10m), 600 meter run as prescribed in Test Evaluation Accreditation Measurements and Standards by Kansal (2018). To find out the significance difference between hockey and football male players on selected motor fitness components, ’t’ test was applied at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study revealed that there was significance difference attained on speed and agility. Football players were performed better than hockey players in speed and agility. There was no significant difference obtained on abdominal strength and cardiovascular endurance.