Assessment of some selected skill related physical fitness components of sprinters; in the case of oromia athletics clubs.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to Assessment of some selected skill related physical fitness components of sprinters; in the case of Oromia athletics clubs. The cross-sectional research design was used. Participants of the study were tested at once time to assess some selected skillrelated physical fitness components. Populations of this study were 138 athletes short distance runners of Oromia athletic clubs were available. The target populations of the study were six Oromia athletics clubs (Laga tafo athletics clubs, Adama athletics clubs, Bosona Oromia athletics clubs, Sululta athletics clubs, Sebeta athletics clubs, and Holota athletics clubs) of short distance runners were 78 in numbers. Those were selected by using simple random sampling. The subject of the study was 57 athletes from Six Oromia athletics clubs were selected by purposive sampling. The main instruments of data collection were used 35-meter sprint test, vertical jump power test, and Illinois agility run test. Descriptive statistics analysis was used, mean, standard deviation and independent sample t-test. The data was analyzed using computerized statistical package software (SPSS version 20).The results show that the current physical fitness level of sprinters of Oromia athletics clubs was mostly above average on speed and below average on power and agility. The results show that there was significant mean difference has been observed in between Bosona Oromia and Laga tafo Oromia clubs in speed, p=0.02, between Bosona Oromia and Holota Oromia clubs in speed p=0.047, between Bosona Oromia and Sebeta Oromia clubs in power p=0.003, between Sebeta Oromia and Laga tafo Oromia clubs in agility p=0.017, and between Holota Oromia and Laga tafo Oromia clubs in agility at p=0.007. The results obtained from skill related physical fitness test of sprinters of Oromia athletics clubs with normative data show that, 43.85% are in scale of above average, 29.8% are in scale of average and 54.3% are in scale of above average of vertical jump, Illinois and 35 meter sprint test respectively.