Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of combined conventional training and yogic practices on selected physical variables among hockey players. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on selected physical variables due to the effect of combined conventional training and yogic practices among hockey players. For the present study the 30 male hockey players from Guru Nanak College, Chennai, Tamilnadu were selected at random and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. For the present study pre test – post test random group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen each and named as Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. Group ‘A’ underwent combined conventional training and yogic practices and Group ‘B’ have not underwent any training. The data was collected before and after twelve weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) technique. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The combined conventional training and yogic practices had positive impact on speed and agility among hockey players.
Author Name : Arockia Sahaya Felix & Dr. S. Glady Kirubakar
Keywords: Conventional Training, Yogic Practices, Speed, Agility, Hockey.
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