EFFECTS OF MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING ON SELECTED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES OF MALE BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Abstract

Basketball is considered one of the most popular sports in the world as the third fastest game played in short court surfaces. In high level competitions, very specifically during the matches between the challenging teams, because of stress players may have an opportunity to loose their mental toughness, perception ability, concentration and apprehending the fellow players moves. As a result of this player finds it difficult in executing the fundamental skills in time which affects the ultimate aim of the team. In this situation, when finding the alternative means and methods to develop the physical, mind and game based physical activity concurrently; it was observed that these characteristics are correlating with the event of Taekwon-do which is one of the martial activities. The study consisted of 24 male basketball players from PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore. Their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. The Psychophysiological variables of VO2 max, Resting pulse rate and Competitive sport Anxiety Inventory-2 (CSAI-2), developed by Martens, Vealey, & Burton (1990) were used. Subjects were randomly assigned to either a martial arts training experimental group, or a no martial arts training control group. The experimental group were given training for 3 days a week and for 6 weeks in total. Paired t-tests were used to test the effect of treatment groups individually between pre and post –tests of all the groups on variables used in the present study. The result of the study reveals that there was significant difference in 0.05 levels of VO2 max, Resting pulse rate and Competitive sport Anxiety among the male basketball players.