Effect of Hockey Specific Training on Physical Fitness Variables of Male Inter Collegiate Hockey Players

The present study investigated the effect of hockey specific training on physical fitness variables of muscular strength, explosive power and flexibility. The study consisted of 60 hockey male hockey players from selvam educational institutions, Namakkal. Hockey players were randomly assigned to the SPTG (n=30) and CG (n=30). The group were randomly divided into the experimental group-I (SPTG) and the control group (CG). The experimental group-I underwent a hockey specific training programme and the control group underwent traditional method of training. The experimental lasted for 6 weeks of training 5 days in a week, 2 sessions in a day. Statistical analysis followed the most important descriptive statistics, such as mean and SD. A repeated measure 't' test was used to determine the presence or absence of gains in each group. Because of the slight differences in the initial groups, analysis of covariance with the pre-test values as the covariate was used to determine significant differences between the post-test adjusted means in the groups. The results are presented as means (SD). A significance level of 0.05 was used.