Journal of Advances in Sports and Physical Education (JASPE)
Volume-9 | Issue-01 | 20-26
Original Research Article
Alteration in Playing Ability among Female Hockey Players after Strength and Endurance Training Programme Followed by Yoga Practice
Dr. S. Chidambara Raja, Mr. R. Pravin Raj, Mr. S. Dinesh Vinoth Philip
Published : Jan. 28, 2026
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of strength and endurance training programme followed by yoga practice, on playing ability among female intercollegiate hockey players. For this purpose, 45 female hockey players who were played in various intercollegiate tournaments in the age category between 19 and 25 years were selected for the study. They were divided into three equal groups, each group consisting of fifteen subjects in which two experimental groups and one control group, in which the group I (n=15) underwent strength training followed by yoga practice, group – II (n = 15) underwent endurance training followed by yoga practice for three days (alternative days) per week for twelve weeks and group III (n = 15) acted as control, which did not participate in any training apart from their regular hockey game practice. The subjects were tested on selected criterion variable as hockey playing ability at prior to and immediately after the training period. For testing the hockey playing ability was assessed by administering Stewart Pitchers’ Hockey skill test, consists of dribbling, passing and goal shooting. Paired sample ‘t’ test was used to find out any difference between pre- and post-test mean values. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to find out the significant difference if any, between the experimental groups and control group on selected criterion variable separately. Since there were three groups involved in the present study, the Scheffé S test was used as post-hoc test. The selected criterion variables such as Stewart Pitchers’ Hockey skill test, consists of dribbling, passing and goal shooting were improved significantly for all the training groups when compared with the control group. But there was no significant difference found between the training groups on selected criterion variables.