• VARUNA RAJA BASAVESWARA K.S.
• Dr. R. Srinivasa

Speed, agility, explosive power are some of the most important characteristics of the players in sports branches like Basketball and Handball which are generally played in intensive tempo with sudden accelerations and sudden directions swifts. As a result, this study was carried out in order to determine speed, agility, and explosive power of Basketball and Handball male university players. The intention of the research is to compare the speed, agility and explosive power of basketball and handball players of different universities, Karnataka India. For the purpose of the study thirty (72) male university players were selected randomly from three universities (Bangalore University Bengaluru, Davanagere University, Davanagerem and Gulbarga University, Kalaburgi) who had their credit in participating in South Zone Interuniversity Tournaments during the academic year 2017-18 in their respective games. The age of the subjects were ranged from 18 to 28 years. Among the selected subjects 36 subjects were Basketball players and remaining 36 were Handball players. The speed measured by 30 meters standing start in seconds; agility measured by shuttle run (10 meters x 6 Mtrs) in seconds and leg explosive power measured by standing broad jump in meters. The collected data was analyzed by using independent ‘t’ test to find out the significant difference in the speed, agility and leg explosive power between basketball and handball players. The statistical software Statistical Package for Social Science (Version 20) was utilized for knows the significant difference between groups. The study concluded that it was found significant difference in the explosive power between basketball and handball male university players. The handball players had superior explosive power than basketball players. The result also concluded that no significant difference exists in speed and agility between basketball and handball male university players. Speed, agility and explosive power are vital to the performance of fundamental skills like throwing, kicking, jumping, striking, hopping and skipping.

Basketball, Handball, male university players, speed, agility, explosive power

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SPEED, AGILITY AND LEG EXPLOSIVE POWER BETWEEN BASKETBALL AND HANDBALL MALE UNIVERSITY PLAYERS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.745-750, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903598.pdf

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SPEED, AGILITY AND LEG EXPLOSIVE POWER BETWEEN BASKETBALL AND HANDBALL MALE UNIVERSITY PLAYERS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp745-750, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903598.pdf