The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of eight week circuit weight training on physical fitness variables of Gorakhpur university football players. A total of thirty (N=30) men university level football players were selected from GorakhpurUniversity. The age of the subjects ranged from 18 to24 years and fifteen (N=15) players were … Read more
basketball, national hockey and national Badminton players. The age of the subjects was between 19-24 years. The total number of players who participated in present Investigation was 63 (21 Badminton, 21 Basketball and 21 hockey players). One Way analysis of variance and Least Significant Difference Post-hoc test was used to analyse the Data, the level … Read more
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this paper is to review the literature regarding Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) a commonly used herb in Ayurvedic medicine. Specifically, the literature was reviewed for articles pertaining to therapeutic actions, toxicity and benefits of Ashwagandha than performance enhancing substances (PES) in sports medicine. DESIGN: This review is in a narrative format and … Read more
The aim of this study was to find out the effect of selected swimming training program on 50mts free style performance of school boys. In order to achieve these purpose twenty (20) swimmers were selected as training program and their age ranged between 12-16 years selected as randomly. Group consisted of twenty swimmers. The test … Read more
Energy drinks have gained popularity among athletes. The purpose of the study was to see the effect of different energy drinks on endurance performance in male athlete. The subjects selected for the study was 10 male AIU handball players with age ranged between 20-25 years from lovely professional university phagwara. The subjects were performed 1000mtr … Read more
The purpose of this study was to describe the coping strategies used by Indian Field Hockey Umpires to manage the stress. “Official Coping Questionnaire” of 28-items was used as the data collection tool. Questionnaire assessing coping strategies were returned by 52 of 90 hockey umpires (57.8%) of different part of India. The top coping strategy … Read more
To give best performance at the time of need, sportsperson in the present time has to undergo systematic and planned training program. Viewing this, the present study was undertaken to study the effects of preparatory season and competitive season training loads on selected physical fitness variables of football players. The subjects were 20 male students … Read more
The history of sports in India dates back to the Vedic era. Since time immemorial sportsmen have created and broken records and their achievements and success stories have inspired generations. With the contribution of different sportspersons the country has won many glories at International level. Among these sports persons who brought laurels for the country, … Read more
The purpose of the study was to find out the anxiety level of football players at different playing positions i.e. forwards, mid-fielders, defenders & goal keepers. The study has been conducted on 200 male football players of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The age of the players was between 16-21 years. The State & Trait Anxiety … Read more
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of yogic practices and aerobic exercise on resting pulse rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Thirty school girls aged between 15 and 17 years were selected for the study. They were divided into three equal groups, each group consisted of ten subjects, in which … Read more