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

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to determine the Analysis of defensive 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 tournaments were 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 ten variables. It comprised of ten variables namely successful anti with ankle holds, unsuccessful anti with ankle holds, successful anti with chain hold, unsuccessful anti with chain hold, successful anti with blocking, unsuccessful anti with blocking, successful anti with thigh hold, unsuccessful anti with thigh hold, successful anti with waist hold, unsuccessful anti with waist hold. 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 ankle hold, chain hold, blocking, thigh hold and waist hold 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 result indicates that defensive overview reveals that the selected variables such as higher number successful anti with ankle hold, chain hold, blocking, thigh hold and waist hold and less number unsuccessful anti with ankle hold, chain hold, blocking, thigh hold and waist hold team success.

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