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International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development

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ISSN: 2226-6348

A Study of Sports Performance Monitoring on Individual Sports and Team Sports Physical Fitness Performance Using Multivariate Approach

Noor Aishah Kamarudin, Mohamad Razali Abdullah, Rabiu Muazu Musa, Vijayamurugan Eswaramoorthi, Ahmad Bisyri Husin Musawi Maliki, Aina Munirah Ab Rasid, Ahmad Nadzmi

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARPED/v11-i1/12065

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Performance monitoring has been used for many years and various fields including sports regardless of whether it is individual sports or team sports in order to evaluate and monitor the athlete’s performance. The purpose of this study is to identify the differences of physical fitness performance between individual sports and team sports using multivariate approach. Malaysian Game’s junior athlete in age range of 13 to 21 years old were participated in this study. Tests used in this study were divided by two based on fitness component, Health Related Fitness Component and Skill Related Component. Tests that involved were sit and reach, sit up, push up, handgrip, predicted VO2max, medicine ball throw, 20 meter sprint test, vertical jump, stork stand test, standing broad jump, and T test. Multivariate Analysis of Variance method was used to analyse the test’s result. The analysis resulting there are some tests shows the significant differences between both individual sport and team sports. From the analysis, can be simplified that there are some physical fitness components that each type of sports excels and required in specification phase in performance monitoring.