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3.5 Instrumentation
The study utilized the following instruments to measure
the effect of interventions on all the dependent variables.
(i) Game Play Observational Instrument to measure ball
control, decision making and skill execution, (ii). Henry
Friedel Field Hockey test to measure, speed and accuracy
of executing general hockey skills, (iii). Radial heat-rate
measurement was use to measure heart-rate and Multi-
Stage Fitness Test (Bleep Test) was used to measure
cardiovascular fitness among the Indian hockey players.

3.5.1 Game Play Observational Instrument

This study adopted no habitual game play observational
instrument used by Turner and Martinek (1999) and
adapted by permission from Mitchell, Oslin and Griffin
(2005) to evaluate ball control decision making and skill
execution. The dependent variables of ball control,
decision making, and skill execution players were coded
5,4,3,2 for successfully (5- very effective performance; 4-
effective performance, usually; 3-moderateely effective
performance, sometimes; 2-very weak performance and
1(very weak performance, never) for unsuccessful ball
control skill, decision making (dribbling, tackling,
passing and scoring) and skill execution (dribbling,
tackling, passing and scoring), refer appendix 3 for Game
Play Observational Instrument. This adopted game
observation instrument was validated by John Haynes
(PhD) from University New England, Australia and
made some correction as suggested by Haynes (refer
Appendix 3).
An experienced and qualified Indian hockey coach
was trained to code all the dependent variables using