• Mr. P. Srinivasan
• Dr. C. Durai

This study was designed to determine the core training exercise among hockey players. To achieve the purpose of the study thirty male hockey players were selected from LASA (Lakshmi Ammal Sports Academy) Kovilpatti, Tamilnadu India. Their age ranged between 14 and 16 years. The selected subjects were divided into two groups. Group I experimental and Group II acted as control. The experimental group was given core training for three days a week, for a period of 6 weeks. Before and after the training all the subjects were measured on motor fitness variablessuch as speed wasmeasured by 60meters dash and agility was measured by t shuttle run. The pre and post test data were statistically examined for significant difference by using dependent ‘t’ test. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level of confidence. The results reveal that the 12 weeks core training had achieved significant improvement for pre and post teston motor fitness variables when compared to the control group. But also significant differences were found between experimental and control group towards improving the variables.

core training, hockey, speed and agility.

"EFFECT OF CORE TRAINING ON SELECTED MOTOR FITNESS VARIABLES AMONG HOCKEY PLAYERS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 12, page no.250-253, December-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1712216.pdf

"EFFECT OF CORE TRAINING ON SELECTED MOTOR FITNESS VARIABLES AMONG HOCKEY PLAYERS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 12, page no. pp250-253, December-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1712216.pdf