EFFECTS OF PLYOMETRIC TRAINING, SKILL TRAINING AND COMBINED TRAINING ON SELECTED BIO-CHEMICAL VARIABLES OF MEN HOCKEY PLAYERS

A. Bento Devaraj; Dr. R. Desingurajan

Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2016

EFFECTS OF PLYOMETRIC TRAINING, SKILL TRAINING AND COMBINED TRAINING ON SELECTED BIO-CHEMICAL VARIABLES OF MEN HOCKEY PLAYERS

A. Bento Devaraj, Dr. R. Desingurajan

Abstract :

 The present study was designed to find out the effects of Plyometric training, Skill training and Combined training of selected Bio-Chemical Variables of Men Hockey players. To attain the purpose, sixty men Hockey Players who have participated in Thiruvalluvar University Vellore inter collegiate tournaments during the year 2014-2015 were randomly selected as subjects. The subjects were assigned at random into four groups of fifteen each (n=15). Group-I underwent Plyometric training, Group-II underwent Skill training, Group-III underwent Combined Plyometric and Skill Training and Group-IV acted as Control. The duration of the training period for all the three Experimental groups was restricted to twelve weeks and the number of sessions per week was confined to three in a week. For Combined Plyometric and Skill Training the training period was restricted to alternative weeks for twelve weeks. The dependent variable selected for this study was Total Cholesterol (TC). Total Cholesterol (TC) was assessed by Calorismetric method. All the subjects were tested prior to and immediately after the training for all the selected variables. Data were collected and statistically analyzed using ANCOVA. Scheffe’s post hoc test was applied to determine the significant difference between the paired means. In all the cases 0.05 level of significance was fixed. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference was found among all the Experimental groups namely Plyometric Training, Skill Training and Combined Plyometric and Skill Training groups had significantly increase in the Total Cholesterol (TC). Further the results of the study showed that Combined Plyometric and Skill Training group was found to be better than the Plyometric Training group and Skill Training group in Total Cholesterol (TC).