Effects of battalion training and circuit training on speed among college level women hockey players

Abstract

The aim of the study was to find out the effects of Battalion training and Circuit training on Speed among college-level women hockey Players. The investigator randomly selected 90 women hockey Players (n = 90), who competed at inter-collegiate level sports meets. They were divided into three groups with thirty subjects each (n = 30) at random again consisting of thirty subjects in each group and they were randomly assigned as experimental group I (BTG) and Experimental Group II (CTG) and control group (CG) and Speed has selected as criterion variable of this study. The experimental group underwent Battalion training and circuit training for eight weeks three days per week and a session on each day. The difference between the pre-test and post-test means were subjected to statistical treatment using ANCOVA, In all cases 0.05 level was fixed to test the hypothesis of the study, which was considered as an appropriate. It was concluded from the result of the study that there was a significant improvement (p≤ 0.05) due to Battalion training and circuit training on Speed as compared to control group.