COMBINED PACKAGE OF YOGIC PRACTICE AND LYDIARD TRAINING ON PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES AMONG COLLEGE WOMEN HOCKEY PLAYERS

Abstract

The goal of the study was to determine the effects of a combination regimen of yoga and Lydiard training on psychological factors in collegiate women hockey players. Only sixty (30) women hockey players competed in the intercollegiate tournament for their respective colleges, affiliated with Alagappa university, Karaikudi in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. This was done in order to fulfil the study's objectives. There were 110 college students from the Karaikudi District who attended Alagappa university. The subjects were between the ages of 18 and 25. In order to create an experimental group and a control group, the chosen subjects were split into two groups of fifteen each. For eight weeks, the test group participated in a course that included both yogic practise and Lydiard training. Throughout the trial, there was no additional instruction provided to the control group. Data on somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety, and self-confidence were collected using the standardised CSAI-II questionnaire, which was created by Martens et al. The dependent't' test was used to analyse the data to see if there had been a significant improvement, and an ANCOVA was done to see if there had been any significant differences between the groups. The.05 level of confidence was fixed to investigate the amount of significance difference, if any, across groups. The study's findings revealed that the Lydiard training group, combined yogic practise, and control group all differed significantly from each other. When compared to the control group, the combined yoga and Lydiard training group also reported significantly lower levels of somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety, and higher level self-confidence.

Keywords: yogic practices, Lydiard training, cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety