Comparison of horizontal explosive power among inter district level hockey players

Abstract

The aim of the study was to compare the capacity of horizontal explosive power among Inter District level Hockey players. To achieve the purpose of the study sixty junior boys hockey players (N=60) who have attained first four positions in the 7th Inter District Junior Hockey Championship-2018 held at Madras Veterinary College, Chennai. The first four qualified teams were Trichy District(winner), Ariyalur District (Runner), Ramnad District (Third position) and Dindigul District (Fourth position).The age of the players ranged between 12-14 years. The selected teams were considered as Independent variables. The horizontal explosive power was chosen as dependent variable. The standing broad jump test was administered to examine the horizontal explosive power performance and final scores were recorded in meters. The one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to find out the significant differences, if any, among the four teams. The level of significance was set at 0.05 level of confidence for observe the significant difference. The results of the study has shown that there was a significant difference on the performance of horizontal explosive power among the four teams.