Influence of Physical Training Programme on Selected Skill Related Variables with College Men Cricketers
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Abstract
The purpose of the study was to find out the influence of physical training programme on selected skill related variables such as fielding ability and batting ability among college men students. To achieve this purpose of the study, thirty men students studying in the Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and India were selected as subjects at random. The age of the subjects were ranged from 18 to 22 years. The selected subjects were divided into two equal groups of fifteen subjects each, such as a physical training group (Group I) and control group (Group II). The physical training group (Group I) underwent a physical training programme for three days per week for twelve weeks. Group III acted as control in which they did not undergo any special training programme apart from their regular curricular activities. All the subjects of two groups were tested on selected criterion variables such as fielding ability and batting ability at prior to and immediately after the training programme by using the subjective rating method for each variable with three experts respectively. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analysis the significant difference, if any between the groups. The level of significance to test the ‘F' ratio obtained by the analysis of covariance was tested at .05 level of confidence, which was considered as an appropriate. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant difference between physical training group and control group on selected skill related variables such as fielding ability and batting ability. Significant improvements on selected criterion variables were also noticed due to physical training.