ANALYSIS OF HEMATOLOGICAL VARIABLES AMONG COMPETI-TORS IN VARIOUS GAMES

Hematological factors may be useful in determining the best physical per-formance of various game participants. It also indicates the athletes' healthand physical condition. This study deals with the analysis of hematologicalvariables-red blood cells, white blood cells (neutrophil, eosinophil, lympho-cytes, monocytes), and platelet among university men basketball, volleyball,and cricket players. Fourteen (14) active players (basketball-5, volleyball-5,and cricket-4) were taken as samples and age range between 20 to 25 years.All players were actively competing at Inter-University levels in their respectedsport and they voluntarily participated in this study. Blood samples werecollected in the morning session with fasting. Red blood cells, white bloodcells, platelet counts were criterion measures in this study. The obtained datawere analyzed by one-way ANOVA with the help of SPSS software and the levelof signiβicance was set at p<0.05. As per the statistical analysis, insigniβicantdifferences were found among the three different game players. In summary,the study found that the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelet countsare similar in the three groups.