Relationship of Selected Physical and Angular Kinematical Variables with the Performance of Toe-Touch Skill in Kabaddi

Abstract

The purpose of this study to find out the relationship of selected physical and angular kinematical variables with the performance of toe-touch skill among male kabaddi players (raiders). Materials and methods. One hundred male raiders were selected for this study. The age of the participants ranged between 18 and 25 years. The selected physical variable, i.e. lower extremity explosive strength was measured by the standing broad jump test. Selected angular kinematical variables were measured by the software ‘Kinovea version-0.9.3’. The toe-touch skill performed by raiders was measured by three experts’ rating. The inter-rater reliability of the scores awarded by the experts to the participants was tested by Cohen’s Kappa test and the Kappa coefficient was found significant. Results. Spearman’s rank correlation revealed that there was significant correlation in case of lower extremity explosive strength (rs = .259, p = .009), angle at leading leg ankle joint (rs = .327, p = .001) variables and there was no significant correlation in case of angle at trailing leg ankle joint (rs = .016, p = .871), angle at leading leg knee joint (rs = .23, p= .823), angle at trailing leg knee joint (rs = -.171, p = .089) and angle at hip joint (rs = -.195, p = .052) variables with the performance of toe-touch skill in kabaddi. Conclusions. The study concludes that lower extremity explosive strength and the angle at the leading leg ankle joint positively contribute to toe-touch skill performance in male kabaddi players.