Effect of training on weight and certain physiological parameters of Indian female hockey players with respect to their field positions.

The present study was conducted on 18 female players of the Punjabi University hockey team during their camp held at Punjabi University from 4.10.1988 to 24.10.1988; before participating in the Inter-varsity competition held at Ranchi. Weight, heart rate and blood pressure of each subject was taken before doing the exercise on the treadmill. The players were asked to run on the treadmill for four minutes at the speed of 10 km/hr. Recovery heart rate and blood pressure were also taken. All these tests were taken twice on each player, i.e. initially at the commencement of the training and finally at the completion of the training camp. It has been observed that there is a reduction of body weight in all the categories of players, the maximum being in halves (2.5 kg). There is an improvement in the percentage recovery in the heart rates of all the categories of players except the halves where the recovery is much less at the end of the training camp as compared to the values in the beginning of the camp.