IMPACT OF CIRCUIT TRAINING ON AGILITY AMONG HOCKEY PLAYERS

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of circuit training on agility among hockey players. To achieve the purpose 30 hockey players from Tamilnadu Physical Education and Sports University, Chennai were selected as subjects and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. The study was formulated as a true random group design, consisting of a pre-test and post-test. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen each and named as Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. Group ‘A’ underwent circuit training and Group ‘B’ undergone no training. The circuit training group was undergone training for six weeks on alternate days. The endurance parameters namely cardiovascular endurance and strength endurance were selected as variables. Analysis of covariance was used, where the final means were adjusted for differences in the initial means, and the adjusted means were tested for significance. The experimental group hockey players showed significant improvement on agility when compared to the subjects in the control group.