COMPARISON OF SKILL RELATED PHYSICAL FITNES COMPONENTS BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN SECONDARY SCHOOL FEMALE STUDENTS IN HADIYA ZONE INSNNP REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA

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.