Comparison of Coordinative Abilities of Tennis and Badminton Players: A Comparative Study of Coordinative Abilities between Professional Tennis and Badminton Players

Abstract

Coordinative abilities are those abilities which stabilized and generalized pattern of motor control. These abilities help the sportsman to do a group of movements with better quality and effect. The present study seeks to investigate the comparison of professional tennis and badminton players in case of their coordinative abilities in the present scenario. For the meaningful comparison, total twenty [N = 10] University level male players (5 – badminton and 5 – tennis) were randomly selected as subjects. Static balance, Range of motion, and coordination were the selected variables to assess their coordinative abilities. The data was statistically analyzed by using independent t-tests for the variables at 0.05. level of significance. After analyzing the data, it was found that there were no significant differences in static balance as well as the range of motion and coordinative abilities between badminton and tennis players.