Effect of Hockey Specific Training Program on Strength, Speed and Agility in Collegiate Hockey Players

Abstract

Background: Hockey is a fast-paced and high-intensity sport that requires players to possess various physicalattributes, including strength, power, agility, and endurance. It requires explosive movements, quick changes indirection, and constant upper and lower body coordinationPurpose: There are a number of training programs that are focused on improving strength, speed, and agility.There is less data available on hockey-specific training for field hockey players. Thus, the need for this study is toinvestigate the effect of a hockey-specific training program on strength, speed, and agility.Materials and Methods: Total of thirty collegiate hockey players who are continually playing hockey for morethan 3 to 4 years, the age between 18-25 were selected from SIMATS, Chennai. Strength, Speed and agility weremeasured using 1RM squat for lower limb, 1 RM bench press for upper limb, 10 meter DASH run test and Illinoisagility test respectively. The players were randomly allocated into two groups, one group received hockey specifictraining program 4 days per week for 8 weeks. Another group perform regular training program.Results: A t test analysis was used to compare the effectiveness of hockey specific training programme and regulartraining programme, which shows statistically significant improvement in hockey specific training programmegroup with a p value of< 0.0001Conclusion: Here by we concluded that hockey specific training program will improve the strength, speed andagility in collegiate hockey players