COMPARISION OF SELECTED SPORTS SPECIFIC PSYCHOMOTOR ABILITIES BETWEEN BATSMEN AND BOWLERS IN CRICKET

The purpose of the present study was to compare the selected sports specific psychomotor abilities between batsmen and bowlers in cricket. The study was conducted on 12 male cricketers (6 batsmen and 6 bowlers) purposively selected from 18-25 age group. Subjects were selected from the students of Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education, Gwalior. For the purpose of measurement Vienna test system (VTS), a leading computerized psychological assessment tool was used for measuring time movement anticipation, reaction test, senso-motor coordination, sustained attention variables. For the purpose of statistical assessment one way ANOVA was used at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that apart from one subvariable MMT_RT(mean motor time_reaction time) which was significant as rest all the subvariables were found to be insignificant.