AUTHOR(S): P Muthuveera and Dr. A Mahaboobjan

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of psychomotor drills on depth perception eye hand co-ordination and skill performance among male hockey players. To achieve the purpose of the present study, thirty male hockey players were selected from the Bharathidasan University and Anna University BIT campus, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. The subjects were randomly selected and their age ranged from18-25 years. The selected groups were divided into two groups, experimental and control group. The experimental group consisted of fifteen Hockey players and they underwent the psychomotor drills with pranayama practices. Fifteen hockey players acted as the control group. The duration of the training period was restricted to six weeks and the session for six days in a week. Psychomotor drill is considered as the independent variables. The depth perception eye hand co-ordination and skill performance were known as dependent variables. The statistical technique Analysis of ‘t’ test was used to analyze the pre-test and post-test data of experimental group and control group. The results showed that the psychomotor drills Program group had significant improvement the selected criterion variables such as depth perception eye hand co-ordination and skill performance compared to the control group.

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