Comparison of some selected physical parameters of the students who plays at Firat University table tennis and court tennis teams

The purpose of study is to quantitatively establish certain selected physical and motor characteristics of table tennis and court tennis players and draw inferences on the subject by basing the reasons for similarities and differences between such variables within the scope of literature. Population of the study consisted of students who play court tennis and table tennis at Fırat University. Sample group of the study consisted of a total of 40 male students who play court tennis (20 persons) and table tennis (20 persons). SPSS 22.0 software package was used in the data analysis, percentage, frequency, average and standard deviation techniques were used as descriptive statistics, and Independent-Samples T was applied to identify the differences between the groups. The findings showed that leg strength of court tennis players was 117,93±10,14 kg, and leg strength of table tennis players was 111,52±9,80 kg (p<0.05). Dominant hand grip strength of court tennis players was found 44,37±5,11, while the dominant hand grip strength of table tennis players was found 40,57±3,29 kg (p<0.05). Body fat percentage of court tennis players was 9,56±1,88, while table tennis players had a body fat percentage of 10,42±1,90 (p>0.05). 30-meter speed average of court tennis players was found 4,51±0,20 sec., while table tennis players had a 30-meter speed average of 4,50±0,14 sec.(p>0.05). In conclusion, disciplines of compared athlete students affect physical and motor characteristics at a different level based on the size of playing field, games in said disciplines, duration of games as well as the materials used in these games. Keywords: Racket sports, tennis, table tennis, motor characteristics, physical parameters