Professor and Head,
The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of sand training on selected physical fitness variables among novice men hockey players. To achieve the purpose of these study 30 Hockey players from TNPE & Sports University Chennai were selected. The subjects were randomly selected among the players who represented the College at inter College level tournaments. The subjects were in the age group of 19 to 25. The subjects were given training programme for three days per week for six weeks. Equivalent Group design pre and post test research design was followed by the investigator. The group is divided into control group (15 players) and experimental group (15 players).In this study the investigator measured the selected physical fitness variables of the College Hockey players through Henry Field Hockey Test before and after the six weeks of sand training on selected physical fitness variables such as balance and speed. The control group does not given any treatment. The obtained data were subjected to statistical treatment using ‘t’ test. In all cases 0.05 levels was fixed to test the hypothesis of this study. It was concluded that six weeks sand training significantly improved Selected physical fitness variables of the inter colligate Men Hockey players.
