IJSP is an International, Peer Reviewed/ Refereed, Indexed, Open Access, Online Journal of Arts and Social Sciences. Call for Paper: Vol 12 (02): 2025, Publication date: 31 July 2025 (Online), 15 August 2025 (Print), Last date of Submission : 15 June 2025

A Comparative Study of Body Mass Index Between Handball and Football Players

Sanjay Kumar

Affiliations:

Assi Prof, Department of Physical Education, SMRD PG College, Bhurkura,Ghazipur ( U.P.) INDIA

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The purpose of the study was to comparison BMI between Handball and Football Players of vbspu jaunpur.This study was conducted on 40 subjects, 20 from each Game (Handball & Football), the age ranged from 18-25 years. For the study BMI was selected as variable. The t-test was used at 0.05 level of significance. body mass index the obtained value of ‘t’ (1.98) was lower than the tabulated. There was no significant difference in BMI between handball and football players.

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BMI

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