Effect of Specific Badminton Training on Agility and Badminton Playing Ability of Hilly Tribal

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to find out the effects of Specific Badminton Training on agility and badminton playing ability of selected tribal boys of hilly areas of Darjeeling District. To achieve these forty tribal school boys of 8th and 9th grade were selected as subjects and their age ranged between 13 and 15 years. Thereafter subjects were subdivided randomly into two equal groups (N=20) namely experimental group and control group. The specific Badminton Training programme of ten weeks, (three days per week i.e. Monday, Wednesday and Friday) was administered to the experimental group. Agility and badminton playing ability were taken as criterion measures for this investigation. 10 x 4 yard shuttle run test to measure agility and three judges rating process to measure Badminton playing ability were used. The data collected prior and after the experimental treatment was analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The result revealed that experimental group of tribal school boys’ showed improvement in Badminton playing ability and insignificant improvement in agility.

Author Name : Kunal Sardar , Puja Adhikary

Keywords: Specific Badminton Training, Agility, Badminton Playing Ability, Tribal.