Effect of Ladder Training on Selected Psychological Variables among Kho-Kho Players

Abstract:

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of ladder training on selected psychological variables among kho-kho players. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on selected psychological variables due to the effect of ladder training among kho-kho players. For the present study the 30 male kho-kho players from Narsinghpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India 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 ladder training and Group ‘B’ has not undergone any training. The questionnaire used in this study was Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2) and standardized by the authors concerned by statistically proving the validity, reliability and objectivity of the questionnaires. The data was collected before and after six weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying dependent ‘t test. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The ladder training had positive impact on cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self confidence among kho-kho players. The experimental group showed better improvement on cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety and self confidence among kho-kho players than the control group.

Author Name : Akash Khatri & Dr.V.Vallimurugan

Keywords: Ladder Training, Kho-Kho, Cognitive Anxiety, Somatic Anxiety, Self Confidence.