40 Yard dash test in young athletes of belagavi city-An exploratory study Motimath Basavaraj1,*, Kulkarni Anirudha A.2, Chivate Dhaval3 1Associate Professor, Head of Department Sports Physiotherapy, KAHER Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India 2Post Graduate Student, Sports Physiotherapy, KAHER Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India 3Lecturer, KAHER Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India *Corresponding Author: Dr. Basavaraj Motimath Associate Professor, Head of Department of Sports Physiotherapy, KAHER Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India, Email: bsmotimath@yahoo.com
Online published on 18 January, 2019. Abstract Background Sprinting is an essential component in many sports and can distinguish between good and better athletes during team sports performance. The sprint test is used to discriminate players performance across different ages and levels of competition and the inter sprint trial. It is thought that this information would be of importance to strength and conditioning coaches in analyzing and planning the sprint and resistance training of field sport athletes in and around Belagavi city. Objective The primary objective of this study is to quantify the time taken to perform 40 yard dash in young athletes aged 18–25 years. The secondary objective is to set concrete data which will prove as a base line for any other studies which will involve designing rehabilitation and/or fitness protocol for Indian athletic population Methodology 132 athletes (n=132) were screened for the study. The normative data was collected for the 40 yard dash test. Age criteria was 18–25 yrs. Speed of every participant was recorded. Result The results of this study found that 40 yards DASH Test performance of male participants of mean age 20.31±2.21 ranged from 4.00–6.90 seconds and female participants of mean age 20.22±1.97 ranged from 4.00–6.87 seconds. Conclusion This study concluded that the values of 40 yard DASH Test ranged between 4.00–6.90 for both genders with male athletes showing better performance than females. Top Keywords 40 yard dash, speed, sprint, young athletes. Top |