Differences In Reaction Times Of Players Across Badminton Ball Badminton And Tennis

Abstract

The aim of the study was to compare the inconsistency in reaction time among badminton, ball badminton and tennis players. To achieve the purpose thirty male athletes were selected and who were represented colleges and participated in University competitions for badminton, ball badminton and tennis. Ten players were selected from each game and ages of the subjects were ranged from eighteen to twenty five years. The reaction time was selected as criterion variable. The ruler drop test was used to find out the reaction time and the time was measured in milliseconds. The one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to find out the significant difference, if any among badminton, ball badminton and tennis players on selected criterion variables separately. Whenever the F ratio was found to be significant, the Scheffe’s test was applied as post hoc test to determine the paired mean differences. In all cases .05 level of confidence was used to test the significance. The results of the study show that there was a significant difference (p ≤ .05) that exists among the groups such as badminton, ball badminton and tennis players on reaction time (p ≤ .05).