Comparison of Speed and Agility between Handball and Volleyball Players

The purpose of the study was to compare the speed and agility between handball and volleyball players of Annamalai University. We have selected thirty (30) male students who play either handball or Volleyball from Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University. These subjects were equally classified into two groups (handball = 15 & Volleyball = 15). The selected subjects were tested on speed by 50 yard dash and agility by shuttle run which was selected as criterion variable. The collected data was analysed using independent t test to find out the significant difference between handball and volleyball players. The result of our study showed that handball players have greater speed than volleyball players (t = 5.82). However, no difference is elicited between handball and volleyball players (t = 0.82). It is concluded that speed and agility plays a vital role in both game, however handball players showed greater speed than volleyball players may be because of intermittent nature and employ sprint during attack and counter attack during the game.