Influence of Kalaripayattu Skills with Equipment Training on Selected Physical Fitness Components among Handball Players

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to find out the Influence of kalaripayattu skills with equipment training on selected physical fitness components namely arm strength, leg strength, maximum power, minimum power, average power and fatigue index among handball players. To achieve the purpose of the study thirty handball players have been randomly selected from various engineering colleges in and around Karur, Tamil Nadu, India. The age of subjects were ranged from 18 to 25 years. The subjects had past experience of at least three years in handball and only who those represented their respective college teams were taken as subjects. A series of physical fitness components was carried out on each participant. These included arm strength assessed by dip strength, leg strength assessed by 25 meters hopping test, maximum power, minimum power, average power and fatigue index assessed by running based anaerobic sprint test (RAST). The subjects were randomly assigned into two groups of fifteen each, such as control and experimental groups. The experimental group participated in the kalaripayattu skills with equipment training for 3 days a week, one session per day and for 12 weeks each session lasted 90 minutes. The control group maintained their daily routine activities and no special training was given. The subjects of the two groups were tested on selected variables prior and immediately after the training period. The collected data were analyzed statistically through analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to find out the significance difference, if any between the groups. The 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance difference, if any between groups. The results of the study showed that there was significant differences exist between kalaripayattu skills with equipment training group and control group and also kalaripayattu skills with equipment training group showed significant improvement on arm strength, leg strength, maximum power, minimum power, average power, fatigue index and performance when compared to control group.

Author Name : S.Rameshkumar, Dr.R. Jayachandran, K.Mohan

Keywords: Kalaripayattu, Handball, Strength, Power, Performance.