AN ANALYSIS OF EFFICACY OF SALIVARY CORTISOL ON ATHLETES

According to Martinez. AC, Seco. Calvo. J, & Turmari. J.A, 2010, to prevent the stress provoked during the competition season, and control the recovery periods, it is useful to monitor cortisol, stosterone, and the level of training. In popularity and benefits sports overcome regional, cultural, cast, creed, socio-economic and political boundaries and can be invoked with success in any community virtually all over the world. Sport is a timeless activity which human beings have been enjoying since ancient times, as exemplified by the Greek Olympic Games. Its popularity is steadily increasing better more than the cultural growth and civilization advancement. So, physical education profession is entering in to one of the most exciting and dynamic eras in its history (pubmed, 2016).  The fitness, movement and increase in leisure time have created a market for physical education and sports programs to serve individuals in every walk of their life. Now a days society has given paramount emphasis on achieving and maintaining optimal health and wellbeing to its members. For the above purpose, Sports which consist of training, exercises and performance to improve physical abilities to helps in acquiring the skills connected with the technique of the sports through systematic performance.  In the testing of physical abilities, visual evaluation leaves a gap between exercise and the effects of its systematic repetition. Our general understanding of training is that it significantly improves exercise-induced changes in the organism and each change is specifically dependent on the nature of exercise, intensity and its duration. Thus, each training exercise results in specific changes in the organism that is necessary to obtain the goal of the training. “Cortisol is a major hormone produced by the adrenal cortex, which is the primary lucocorticoid secreted by the adrenal gland in response to ACTH stimulation or stress”. (McGraw Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 2002) Cortisol is a stress hormone which is produced by the adrenal gland and seen in the saliva. Cortisol gives stress to sports persons. The increased amount of cortisol in saliva gives stress to a sports person and it will decrease his performance. The administration of the test has produced exact information to find out that in which time of a training day, a sports person produce higher level of cortisol hormone. By finding out this factor the coaches, trainers, physical education teachers can understand their students’ stress and regulate their coaching according to the stress level. Carralho, & Regina. Celia, 2011, states that early morning salivary cortisol concentration is high. The present study is in conformity with the above study. In the light of the present study one can say that an athlete is facing more stress in the morning before his training session when compared to other times of the day. These findings will help the coaches, trainers and physical education teachers to understand their students’ stress level and there after rejuvenate their coaching performeances according to the stress level their ward.