Comparison of Vertical Jump Performance of Male Handball & Basketball Players

The present study was conducted on 30 male players (fifteen male basketball players; age: 16.40 ± 0.83 years & fifteen male Handball players; age: 15.80 ± 0.68 years) comprising of players training under the guidance of Punjab State coaches in Patiala (India). The experimental protocol developed by Bosco et al., (1983) and Mcguigan et al., (2006) were used to measure the vertical jump performance of male handball and basketball players. Test of significance of the differences was applied and data was judged at 0.01 and 0.05 level of significance. Results of this study show that the male basketball players performed better in vertical jump test parameters like the squat jump flight time, squat jump height, countermovement jump height, countermovement flight time, Eccentric Utilization Ratio (EUR), Elasticity Index (EI), Peak Power (0-15sec), Peak Power (45-60sec) and Mean Power (0-60sec), as compared to male handball players ,which may be due to the differnce in playing techniques and effect of training.