Influence of Plyometric Training Resistance Training and Combined Training with Skill Practices on Playing Ability among Soccer Players

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The purpose of the study was to find out the influence of plyometric training resistance training and combined training with skill practices on playing ability among soccer players. To achieve the purpose of the study, eighty college men soccer players who participated in the intramural tournament during the academic year 2013 – 2014 were randomly selected as subjects from Meenakshi College of Engineering, Chennai. The age of the subjects ranged from 18 to 24 years. The subjects were attached at random to one of the four groups in which group I (N=20) underwent plyometric training with soccer skill practices, group II (N=20) underwent resistance training with soccer skill practices, group III (N=20) underwent combined training with soccer skill practices, and group IV (N=20) acted as control group. The subjects were free to withdraw their consent in case they felt any discomfort during the period of training. However there were no dropouts in the study. A qualified physician examined the subjects medically and declared that they were fit to participate in the training programme for the study. The selected subjects’ age, height and weight ranged from 18 years 6 months to 24 years 3 months, 148cms to 165cms and 49 kgs to 66 kgs respectively. The subjects in all the four groups were tested on selected criterion variables such as dribbling, shooting and passing were assessed by mor-christian soccer ability test prior to (pre test) twelve weeks (post test) of training except those of control group who did not participate in any special training. As the experimental design is random group design and the groups are not equated, ANCOVA was applied where the final means were adjusted for differences in the initial means. Scheffe’s post hoc test was administered to find out significant difference, if any, between paired means. To find out the influences of plyometric, resistance and combined training on the selected playing ability variables, the collected data were analysed with ANCOVA and scheffe’s post hoc test. It was also observed that there were significant statistical differences between the pre and post test scores in playing ability variables among plyometric resistance and combined training groups on soccer players. It was observed that the combined training (plyometric and resistance) had shown greater influence in all the dependent variables than plyometric training and resistance training with skill practices in that order.

Author Name : J. Rakesh & Dr.S.Bevinson Perinbaraj

Keywords: Plyometric, Resistance, Soccer, Skill.


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