PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF TRADITIONAL GAMES

Competition plays a vital role in today’s modern era where records are being practically rewritten and are being excelled mostly in every successive competition.To achieve something in the high level competition  one must undergo continuous and systematic plan of training right from childhood. Kabaddi and wrestling is basically a team game played in the tropical countries of Asia. These indigenous game of India were adopted by other countries in Asia viz, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, srilanka, Maldives, Malaysia and many more. The main purpose of this study was to compare the physiological profiles such Blood pressure and Vital capacity of inter University Kabaddi and wrestling male players. To achieve the purpose of the study data was collected from one hundred and twenty players, sixty from each game, who have represented Karnataka state in particular game. The age of the subjects were ranging from 18-25 years. The data collected was treated with the statistical technique ‘t’ and found there is a significant difference in the selected physiological aspects between Kabaddi  and wrestling male players.