International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education 56 International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education Online ISSN: 2456-5067; Impact Factor: RJIF 5.24 www.sportsjournal.in Volume 2; Issue 3; May 2017; Page No. 56-59 Relationship of coordinative ability with the skills of basketball 1 Harpreet Singh, 2 Dr. Ashwani Saini 1 Research Scholar, MPED, ASPESS, Amity University Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 2 Assistant Professor, ASPESS, Amity University Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Abstract Coordinative abilities are considered to be an important prerequisite in learning as well achieving efficiency in sports skills. The thrust of the present research was to find out the relationship of coordinative abilities with the sports skills of basketball specifically. Thirty basketball players of Amity University of university level were selected as the participant of the study. Coordinative abilities namely, orientation ability, differentiation ability, balance ability, rhythmic ability, reaction ability and basketball skills e.g., Basketball field goal speed, Basketball throw for accuracy and dribbling ability were assessed with the help of standardised tests, Peter Hirtz test and Johnson Basketball Test respectively. Relationship of the coordinative ability with the basketball skills was computed with the help of Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. Finding of the study revealed that the orientation ability and differentiation ability are significantly correlated with the basketball field goal speed and basketball throw correspondingly. Rest of the other coordinative abilities e.g. balance ability, rhythmic ability, reaction ability are not significantly correlated with the basketball skills. Findings of the study will be helpful to the coaches, players and trainers in implementing the training and development of the players. Keywords: Coordinative ability, Basketball skills 1. Introduction Coordination is considered to be one of the most important ability in term of sports performance. Coordination is actually part and parcel of every fundamental motor movement coordinative ability enables a person to perform a movement and group of movements with better quality and effects, when we look at the coordinative abilities in relation of sport performance it has found and important place in competition and performance. Sports are one of the most complex activities and it is based on a great diversity of movement. That’s why different sports activities require different types of coordinative abilities. The coordinative abilities are seven abilities i.e. Orientation, Differentiation, Rhythm, Balance, Reaction, Coupling and Adaptation ability. Kent orientation is the ability of a person to be aware of his or her position with respect to time, place and circumstantial situation. All coordinative abilities are important to perform at top levels in competitive sports especially in ball games Sports performance and its relationship with coordinative abilities were assessed by many researches in many sports e.g. Basketball, football, badminton, kabaddi cricket etc. Singh (2016) [8] ; Rana & Rajpoot (2015). Collectively It was concluded from these studies found that the coordinative abilities have relationship with sports skills and performance level. On the basic of literature and personal experience of scholar and point of view of expert it is found that coordination abilities and basketball skill have a relationship in term of performance. There are numerous studies which have investigated the relationship between basketball skill and coordinative ability. In the Indian context there are very few studies have been conducted on this aspect. To fill the gap in the literature and to find out the significant of relationship of coordinative ability with basketball skills present study have been taken up. 2. Materials and methods 2.1 Objectives of the Study 1. The objective of the study is to assess the coordinative abilities of the basketball players. 2. The objective of the study is to analysis the sports skills of the basketball players. 3. The objective of the study is to find out the relationship of coordinative ability with sports skills of basketball players. 2.2 Selection of Participants Participants of the study were selected with the help of purposive sampling method. For the purpose of the study 30 university level basketball players were selected purposively from Amity School of physical education and Sports sciences department, Amity University, Noida (Uttar Pradesh). 2.3 Selection of Variables For the purpose of the study the following variables were selected: 1. Coordinative ability  Orientation ability  Differentiation ability  Balance ability  Rhythm ability  Reaction ability 2. Basketball skills  Field Goal Speed  Basketball throw for accuracy  Dribble