COMPARATIVE STUDY ON KINESTHETIC PERCEPTION AND REACTION TIME OF 14-16 YEARS FOOTBALL AND CRICKETPLAYERS

In the world mans life is a continuous flow of activity. Every movement he is doing something. His every activity is the result of the joint effort of his body and mind. The activity may be throwing, kicking, running, jumping, hitting etc. In the joint working, mind guides and control the activity and body performs it. When a footballer kicked a ball or cricketer hits a sixer, had perceived the position or aim and then reacts accordingly by coordinating the total movement pattern. In the present study the researcher intended to study the kinesthetic perception and reaction time of footballer and cricketer. A total number of 60 subjects from 14 to 16 years players were divided into two groups as footballers and cricketers on the basis of their sports participation were considered as the subject of the present study.The kinesthetic perception was measured by distance perception jump and reaction time was measured by Nelson hand reaction test. To find out the difference between components of the Football and Cricket players the t test was computed and the following conclusions were drawn - i) There was significance difference was existing in kinesthetic perception and reaction timebetween footballer and cricket players. ii) Football players were better in kinesthetic perception and reaction time than cricket players.