Effect of game specific training on selected physiological and psychological variables among school kabaddi players

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of game specific training on selected physiological and psychological variables among school kabaddi players. To achieve this purpose 30 subjects are selected randomly from St Claret Higher Secondary School karumathur, Madurai and Dolphin Matriculation Hr.Sec.School ponmeni Madurai. The subject age were ranged from 14 to 17 years. The selected subjects were randomly assigned into two groups of 15 each namely experimental group and control group. Experimental group was experimented with game specific training group and control group was not given any experimental. The variables selected for the study was. The physiological variables selected for this study were resting heart rate and breath holding time. The psychological variables selected for this study were anxiety and stress. The study was formulated as a true random group design consisting of a pre-test and post test. The subjects (N=30) were randomly assigned to two equal group of 15 subject in each group. The group was assigned as experimental group-(game specific training group) and control group respectively. Pre test were conducted for all the 30 subject on selected, physiological and psychological variables. After the experimental period of six weeks post test were conducted and the scores were recorded. The normality of the data were found through mean, standard deviation and F ratio and the data collected were found to be normal. The difference between the initial and final scores in selected variables were subjected to statistical treatment using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) The level of significance was fixed at .05 level of confidence for all the cases. The result of the study indicates that there is game specific training group significant Improvement in Resting Heart Rate, Breath Holding Time. Significant reduction improvement on psychological variables anxiety and stress among School kabaddi players.