Devi K. R. Vimala, Ravindran G.; International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology © 2018, www.IJARIIT.com All Rights Reserved Page | 782 ISSN: 2454-132X Impact factor: 4.295 (Volume 4, Issue 6) Available online at: www.ijariit.com Ambidextrous performance among children of different ages K. R. Vimala Devi vimaladevikr89@gmail.com Koviloor Andavar College of Physical Education, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu Dr. G. Ravindran drgravindranau@yahoo.com Koviloor Andavar College of Physical Education, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out ambidextrous performance among children of different ages. The names of children studying 5th standard, 6 th standard, 7 th standard and 8 th standard were collected from Koviloor Andavar Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Koviloor, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu. Considering the limited number of children it was decided to select seven boys and eight girls from each standard. This study consisted of sixty children comprised of 28 boys and 32 girls. Their age was between 11 to 14 years. Jumping, throwing and hopping is the natural activities of children. They are considered as fundamental motor activity. Among children, the inherent talent and potential can be identified by testing the fundamental motor ability. The standard athletic events involve jumping, throwing and hopping. Assessing the ambidextrous performance would be useful to the physical educationist and coaches to identify the talent. In this respect based on the relevant literature reviewed and in accordance with views of professional experts in Physical Education, the following ambidextrous performance variables were selected for this study there are jumping, throwing and hopping. The factorial design is presented for a notational system. It is a form of the three-factor experiment consisted of gender, different age groups and ambidextrous performance with a repeated measurements on the last factor of jumping, throwing and hopping with right and leg are analyzed by 2 x 4 x 2 factorial ANOVA. Keywords— Ambidextrous, Jumping, Throwing, Hopping and 2x4x2 factorial ANOVA 1. INTRODUCTION The word "ambidextrous" is derived from the Latin roots ambi-, meaning "both", and Dexter, meaning "right" or "favourable". Thus, "ambidextrous" is literally "both right" or "both favourable". The term ambidexter in English was originally used in a legal sense of jurors who accepted bribes from both parties for their verdict. 2. METHODOLOGY The purpose of this study was to find out ambidextrous performance among children of different ages. The names of children studying 5th standard, 6 th standard, 7 th standard and 8 th standard were collected from Koviloor Andavar Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Koviloor, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu. Considering the limited number of children it was decided to select seven boys and eight girls from each standard. This study consisted of sixty children comprised of 28 boys and 32 girls. Their age was between 11 to 14 years. In this respect based on the relevant literature reviewed and in accordance with views of professional experts in Physical Education, the following ambidextrous performance variables were selected for this study there are jumping, throwing and hopping. The factorial design is presented for a notational system. It is a form of the three-factor experiment consisted of gender, different age groups and ambidextrous performance with a repeated measurements on the last factor of jumping, throwing and hopping with right and leg are analyzed by 2 x 4 x 2 factorial ANOVA. Table 1: ANOVA For 242 factorial experiments with a repeated measurements on the last factor of jumping performance Sources of variance Sum of Squares df Mean Squares F Factorial Mean Gender 1.44 0.136 1 0.136 2.869 1.37 Age group 1.29 1.298 3 0.433 9.137* 1.35 1.39 1.57 Gender X 1.32 1.28 0.162 3 0.054 1.137 1.44 1.27