~ 701 ~ ISSN Print: 2394-7500 ISSN Online: 2394-5869 Impact Factor: 5.2 IJAR 2015; 1(13): 701-705 www.allresearchjournal.com Received: 04-10-2015 Accepted: 06-11-2015 Mritunjoy Das Student of MP.ED University of Kalyani West Bengal, India. Maitreyee Maity Student of MP.ED University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India. Dr. Madhab Chandra Ghosh Associate Professor, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India. Correspondence Mritunjoy Das Student of MP.ED University of Kalyani West Bengal, India. A comparative study on kinesthetic perception and selected anthropometric variables between state level junior Kho-Kho and Kabaddi players Mritunjoy Das, Maitreyee Maity, Dr. Madhab Chandra Ghosh Abstract In this study the analysis, explanation and interpretation of psychosomatic variables of an individual during sport performance was observed. Considering the importance of kinesthetic perception and somatic variables on sport performance the present study has planned to compare kinesthetic perception and selected anthropometric variables between state level female junior Kho-Kho and Kabaddi players. The significance of the study is to provide best opportunity to select the player for the higher level of competition. Total of 20 Kho-Kho and 20 Kabaddi players were selected as the subject of this study. To conduct the study the following variables were measured through standard procedures as criterion measured, such as - age, height and weight for personal data, BMI, Waist and Hip Circumference were measured as anthropometric variables and kinesthetic perception was measured through distance perception jump. After collecting the data to find out the differences between the groups ‘t’ test was computed and the following conclusions were drawn- i. The Kho-Kho players were better in kinesthetic perception than Kabaddi players. ii. The BMI of Kabaddi players were better than Kho-Kho players. iii. Both waist, and hip circumference of Kabaddi players were greater than Kho-Kho players. Keywords: kinesthetic perception, anthropometric, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, BMI, circumference. 1. Introduction Kabaddi and Kho-kho are the very popular game in India. Both the game are originated in India. Kabaddi is a basically body contact game and it is the National game of Bangladesh, and state of Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in India. Kabaddi received international exposure during the year 1936 in Berlin Olympic, demonstrated by Hanuman Prasarak Mondal, Amarabati, Maharashtra. Similarly Kho-Kho is a non-body contact game and a demonstrated in 1982 Asian games which was held in Delhi, but still it has not been included in Asian games so far. It is slowly spreading in the neighboring countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, Srilanka and Pakistan. Both the game required physical, structural and physiological development for higher level performance. Basically both games required specific structure of the body and perception quality i.e. kinesthetic perception. Perception and movement are two sides of the same coin and are difficult to separate. Perception itself may be defined, as “the total pattern arising from many sensation and result in a meaning which is more than the sum of its parts”. Perception – motors refers to the ability of individual to receive, identify, interpret, and react property to a multitude of stimuli impinging on them from the outside and from within themselves. Of course those stimuli from the outside come from the sense of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell, while those form with in come from the Kinesthetic or proprioceptive sense. Motor-learning is the integration of movement into a pattern for a purpose as a result of training procedure or environmental conditions. Kinesthetic perception is the ability to perceive the position, effort and movement of the body parts or entire body during muscular action, is sometime referred to as the sixth sense. The kinesthetic perception is presumably located in the joints, muscle & tendons. The term proprioceptive sense is also used to refer this sense. The proprioceptor was a sensory modality that provides feedback solely on the status on the body internally. International Journal of Applied Research 2015; 1(13): 701-705