Relationship of Reaction Ability to Offensive Skill Performance of Mysore University Intercollegiate Male Hockey Players

The Purpose of the this study was to find out the significant relationship of reaction ability to selected offensive skill performance of Mysore University Inter-collegiate Male Hockey Players, the aged between 18 to 22 years. The researcher has randomly selected 165 Male Hockey Players those who were Participated Mysore University Inter-Collegiate Hockey tournament in the year of 2023-24 and those who are practicing regularly. To find out the reaction ability, Audio - visual reaction time test tool (Electronic chronoscope) which was used in previous studies as standardized test tool. The subject rating scale was used which was consist of minimum ten points and maximum hundred points to assess the offensive skills (Dribbling, Hitting, Flicks, Dodge and Scooping) performance of selected subject was rated by three experts during match situations. The average of three expert coaches rating was considered as a performance of the subjects. Pearson’s product movement correlation statistical technique was used, to identify the significant relationship between said variables and the significant level was set at 0.05. As the findings shows that the mean visual based simple reaction time was about 227 milliseconds as compared to mean auditory based simple reaction time of about 216 milliseconds. And the audio based simple reaction ability (r= -0.179, p=0.022) was significantly correlated to offensive skill performance than the visual based reaction ability (r=0.095, p=0.226). This study can be concluded that the visual reaction period is slower than the auditory reaction period in Mysore University Inter-collegiate Male Hockey Players. The reaction time ability improves the game achievement.