INFLUENCE OF SUCCESSFULRAID HAND TOUCH AND UNSUCCESSFUL RAID HAND TOUCH ON INTER UNIVERSITY KABADDI PERFORMANCE

The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of successful raid hand touch and unsuccessful raid hand touch on inter university kabaddi performance. Forty eight players were selected as subjects from South Zone Inter University kabaddi Tournament held at Kuvembu University, Shimoga, during the academic year 2015-2016. Forty nine University teams from South Zone had participated in this tournament, out of which Annamalai University, Bharathidasan University, Mangalore University and University of Madras entered into the semifinal league stage, and the subjects for this study were selected from these four teams. The investigator collected the score sheet and list of players from the match officials through the organizing secretary of the tournament. All the six matches in semifinal league were video graphed by using video camera from a fixed position approximately 10 mts high and about l0 mts from the centre line. The camera was positioned so that the entire field of play could be seen. 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. The data collected from the six matches were analyzed by using Chi-Square analysis technique to assess the team performance in the South Zone Inter University Kabaddi Tournament league matches. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level of confidence. The result indicates that offensive overview reveals that the selected variables such as higher number successful raid hand touch and less numbersunsuccessful raid hand touch team success