Relative Effect of Conventional and Specific Hockey Skill Training on Selected Motor Fitness Physiological Variables and Playing Ability of Hockey Players in Tamilnadu

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the influence of conventional training (CT) as well as specific hockey skill training (SHST) modules on selected motor fitness parameters, physiological variables and their consequent changes on the playing ability of hockey players. To achieve the desirable objective, 45 male filed hockey players whose age ranged from 18 to 25 years were selected from SRMIST (SRM Institute of Science and Technology) and SRMASC (SRM Arts and Science College) Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu. Selected subjects were divided into two experimental groups, one control groups of fifteen individuals each and labelled as Specific Hockey Skill Training Group (SH-STG), Conventional Training Group (CTG) and Self Training Group (STG) respectively newline