Author(s): Dr. Bupesh S Moorthy, Dr. P Kulothungan and Dr. Basavaraj Ambiger

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to determine the Analysis of Tactics skills factors predominant towards the success of team in Pro Kabaddi season seven. The teams were selected from Pro Kabaddi season- seven. Twelve city teams play the game at home and away basis selecting players from twelve countries. Each team played on double league 22 matches. Based on the league points first six teams qualify for playoffs. The playoffs, semifinals and final matches are played on knock out basis. It is played in the month of July to September. The pro Kabaddi league season- seven tournament was taken into consideration for the present study. The winner, runner, third place and fourth place teams were selected for the study as independent variables. It includes the winner Bengal Warriors, runner Dabang Delhi, third place U Mumbai and fourth place Bengaluru Bulls. The dependent variables selected for the study the six variables namely successful raid with bonus, unsuccessful raid with bonus, successful raid with pursuit, unsuccessful raid with pursuit, successful anti with super tackle and unsuccessful anti with super tackle were under the head tactical overview. Recorded video tapes were used to analyze the variables. Three expert coaches along with the investigator sat in front of the television and analyzed the variables one by one by using hand coded sheet with slow motion replay whenever necessary. Data were collected for defensive skill for bonus, pursuit and super tackle similar procedures were used for all the 137 matches in order to collect data. The data collected from the 137 matches were analyzed by using Chi-Square analysis technique to assess the team performance in the pro Kabaddi league season seven tournaments. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level of confidence. The results of the study have shown that the successful raid with bonus and successful anti with super tackle showed significant difference among the top four teams. An analysis to tactical overview reveals that the selected variables such as bonus and pursuit are significantly associated with team success.

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