Abstract:
The purpose of present study was to find out the effect of plyometric training on selected physical fitness variables among female basketball players of Annamalai University. For this purpose, twenty female basketball players, studying in various departments of Annamalai University, in the age group of 18 – 25 years were selected as subjects. The selected subjects were divided into two equal groups, in which, group – I (n = 10) underwent plyometric training and group – II (n = 10) acted as control which did not participate any special training but allowed to take part in their regular basketball training and playing programme. The training programme was carried out for this study was three days per week for eight weeks. Prior to and after the training period the subjects were tested for shoulder muscular strength, agility, explosive power in terms of vertical and horizontal distances. The shoulder muscular strength and agility were assessed by administering push-ups test and shuttle run. The explosive power in terms of vertical and horizontal distances was measured by administering Sergeant jump test and standing broad jump test respectively. The statistical tool used for the present study was Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). After applying the ANCOVA, it was found that the there was a significant improvement in the shoulder muscular strength, agility and explosive power in terms of vertical and horizontal distances for plyometric training group when compared with the control group. Moreover the result of the study shows that there was significant difference that was exists between plyometric training group and control group on selected criterion variables.
Author Name : Dr. S. Chidambara Raja
Keywords: Plyometric training, shoulder muscular strength, agility, explosive power in terms of vertical and horizontal distances.
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