Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of plyometric training on selected body composition among basketball players. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on selected body composition due to the effect of plyometric among basketball players. For the present study the 30 male basketball players from Ernakulam district, Kerala state, India were selected at random and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. For the present study pre test – post test random group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen each and named as Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. Group ‘A’ underwent plyometric training and Group ‘B’ have not underwent any training. Body composition was assessed by Bioelectrical Impedance Analyzer. The data was collected before and after twelve weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA). The level of significance was set at 0.05. The plyometric training had positive impact on BMI and percent body fat among basketball players.
Author Name : Siby Lukose & Dr.P.K.Senthilkumar
Keywords: Plyometric, BMI, Percent Body Fat, Basketball.
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