IMPLEMENTATION OF GAME SPECIFIC TRAINING WITH AND WITHOUT AUTOGENIC TRAINING ON SPEED AND ANXIETY AMONG MALE CRICKET PLAYERS

  • Unique Paper ID: 172852
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 9
  • PageNo: 1032-1035
  • Abstract:
  • The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of game specific training with and without autogenic training on speed and anxiety. Forty-five male cricket players aged between 19 and 25 years were selected for the study. They were divided into three equal groups, each group consisting of fifteen subjects in which three experimental groups and one control group, in which the group I (n=15) underwent game specific training with autogenic training, group II (n = 15) underwent game specific training for three days (alternative days) per week for twelve weeks and group III, acted as control, which did not participate in any training apart from their regular cricket game practice. The subjects were tested on selected criterion variable as speed and anxiety at prior to and immediately after the training period. For testing the speed was assessed by administering 50 meters run and anxiety was measured by using McPherson anxiety Questionnaire. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to find out the significant difference if any, between the experimental groups and control group on selected criterion variable separately. Since there were three groups involved in the present study, the Scheffé S test was used as post-hoc test. The selected criterion variables such as speed WAS improved, and anxiety was decreased significantly for all the training groups when compared with the control group.

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