Relative Effect of Conventional and Specific Hockey Skill Training on Selected Motor Fitness, Physiological Variables and Playing Ability of Hockey Players in Tamil Nadu

The purpose of the study was to study conventional and specific hockey skill training on Motor fitness, physiological and playing ability of Hockey players. There were selective three motor fitness and three physiological components which were used as a criterion measures for this study. For analysis the data and to find out the relationship between selective motor fitness, physiological and playing ability Pearson product moment correlationship was applied. Level of confidence was set at .05 levels. Firstly, selective motor fitness, Second, physiological components were evaluated. The result of the study clearly disclosed that specific hockey skill training has considerable relationship with the playing ability of Hockey players in SRM University, Tamil Nadu. On the basis of results and associated discussion it may be concluded that conventional training and playing ability had low correlation. There might be some reasons of the low correlation in the perspective of good scientific coaching. There was the possibility of the lack of coaching aspects, which shows clearly in the findings that the specific hockey skill training was less correlated with playing ability.