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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3685</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13915</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Specific Speed and Agility Drills to Improve the Performance of Field Hockey Players: An Experimental Study&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chaudhary</surname><given-names>Neha Ingale</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sheikh</surname><given-names>Muzahid</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kahile</surname><given-names>Milind</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chaudhary</surname><given-names>Sachin</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gawande</surname><given-names>Vasant</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>7</day><month>05</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>16</fpage><lpage>21</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Field hockey is a popular sport across the world and is a national sport of India. The world of field hockey is constantly mounting, and thus a thorough analysis of skilled performance to evaluate its functionality is necessary. Many studies have stated the continuous wear and tear phenomena in structure and functions of the musculoskeletal systems and posture due to overload in the players.&#13;
Objective: This study focuses on improving the speed and agility of the players which eventually reduces the risk of injuries and thereby enhancing a better performance.&#13;
Methods: 20 professional male field hockey players aged 18-25 yrs. were purposively selected as potential participants for this study. All the subjects were evaluated using Illinois Agility Run Test, Hexagonal Obstacle Agility Test and Shuttle Run Test pre and 6 weeks post speed and agility training programme.&#13;
Results: The paired t-test was used to analyze the pre-post results which found to be significantly different, denoting that the time consumed for completion of the parametric tests was significantly improved (less time consuming) than that of before speed and agility training.&#13;
Conclusion: So, this study concludes that speed and agility training along with an effective exercise programme, improves the quality of the game in field hockey players.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Speed agility training</kwd><kwd> Illinois Agility Run Test</kwd><kwd> Hexagonal Obstacle Agility Test</kwd><kwd> Shuttle Run Test</kwd><kwd> field hockey</kwd><kwd> Weave In – Weave Out</kwd><kwd> Box drill</kwd><kwd> Mini shuttle</kwd><kwd> Super shuttle</kwd><kwd> Slalom</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
