Evaluation of Agility in Indian Pittu Players: A Correlation Study

Abstract

Introduction: Pittu is indigenous south Asian sports. These sports comprised of seven flat stones and ball therefore also known as “Seven Stones” game. Pittu performance has not been widely evaluated and no study till date has evaluated agility performance of pittu players. Therefore, this study was aimed to evaluate the agility performance of both male and female pittu players. Our secondary aim was to evaluate correlation of agility with anthropometric variables of pittu players. Materials and Methods: This study was a cross sectional type of study, which was done on 49 pittu players between age group of 15-22 years. This study included 34 males and 15 female pittu players of different states & age group, came to Bhopal for attending Second Senior National Pittu Championship, organized by Madhya Pradesh Pittu Association under pittu Federation of India. Data consisting of anthropological variables was collected alongside with agility scores of each player. We assessed correlation between agility and anthropological variables. Results: There was a negative correlation found between agility and weight (0.037), agility and height (0.0001) & agility and muscle-mass (0.004). Conclusion: This study presents the data of anthropometric variables and agility of male and female Pittu Players. Further, the result from this study shows that there was a significant correlation of Illinois agility test with anthropological factors like weight, height and muscle mass of pittu players.