Comparison of Vertical Jump Performance of Male Hockey and Football Players

The present study was conducted on 30 male players (fifteen male hockey players; age: 16.80 ± 1.52 years & fifteen male football players; age: 16.13 ± 0.83 years) comprising of inmates of Sports Training Centre, scheme of Sports Authority of India and 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 hockey and football players. Test of significance of the differences was applied and data was judged at 0.01 and 0.05 level of significance. The analysis of data shows that the male hockey players performed better in vertical jump test parameters like the squat jump flight time, squat jump height, counter movement jump height, counter movement flight time, Eccentric Utilization Ratio (EUR), Elasticity Index (EI) than the male football players. But male football players performed better in continuous vertical jump test (60sec) parameters like Peak Power (0-15sec), Peak Power (45-60sec) and Mean Power (0-60sec), as compared to male hockey players.