RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN A FEW PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND HOCKEY PLAYERS

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to correlate the playing ability in hockey from selected physical fitness variables. To achieve the purpose two hundred and fifteen hockey players were randomly selected from Tamilnadu state, India and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. The subjects had past played experience of at least two years in hockey and only those who represented their respective teams were taken as subjects. As the performance is concerned, the physical fitness variables play a vital role in overall performance. The criterion measure of overall playing ability was measured by a panel of experts consisting three persons. Pearson product moment correlation analysis was used. The inter - relationship among the selected physical variables and hockey playing ability, were computed by using Pearson’ product-moment correlation coefficients.