Abstract:
Physical fitness refers to the physiological capacity of the individual to perform the
normal task of daily living without tiredness and fatigue Skill related physical fitness
refers to an individual’s athletics ability in sport such as tennis and encompass skill
related attributes like dynamic balance, power, speed and agility. In the present study, an
attempt has been made to compare skill related physical fitness components namely
agility, speed, coordination and power between female students belong to rural and
urban set-ups. The study is purposely carried out on 60 secondary school female students
of the study; 30 of rural secondary school female students were selected using purposive
sampling techniques, whereas the rest of 30secondary school female students were also
purposely selected from urban secondary school female students from Hetto vs. Geja
secondary school in Hadiya zone SNNP Region Ethiopian. In performing four of
components of skill related physical fitness at age ranging from 16to19years only. The
data was collected by use of measurements of questioners, interview, observation and
fitness tests by application to tests running, weight lifting, Zigzag run and playing table
tennis. The data are analyzed and compared with the help of statistical procedures in
which arithmetic mean, standard deviation (S.D) standard error of mean, and t-test were
employed and level of significance was observed at 0.5 Rural secondary school female
students were found to be superior in power, speed, agility and urban female secondary
school students on the other hand, were found behavior and superior in tasks like
coordination. Rural life style is more active in nature than urban. Life in rural areas
which produced high level of physical and physiological functioning than urban that
develops physical fitness of rural secondary school students A lot could be done to
improve the skill related physical fitness level of female students in the urban school
because the urban students cannot live active life in nature.
