Influence of Swiss Ball Training on Selected Physical Physiological and Performance Related Variables among Badminton Players

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of Swiss ball training programme on selected physical, physiological and performance related variables among Badminton players. For the present study 20 male Badminton players from Bharathidasan University, affiliated college, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu State, India, were selected at random and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. For the present study pre test – post test randomized group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of ten each and named as Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. Group ‘A’ underwent Swiss ball training and Group ‘B’ acted as control and not exposed any specific training / conditioning. The physical, physiological and performance related variables namely maximum strength, core strength, leg explosive power, breath holding time, peak expiratory flow rate, maximum heart rate, resting heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, forehand clear, and backhand clear were chosen as variables. The standardized tests / equipments were used to collect relevant data namely 1RM bench press, plank test, sergeant vertical jump, digital stop watch, peak flow meter, 2.4 kilometer run in tread mill, digital heart rate / blood pressure monitor, Poole forehand clear test and Poole backhand clear test were used to collect data. The data was collected before and after six weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA) technique to find out the influence of Swiss ball training programme. The level of significance was set at 0.05. The findings of the present study have strongly indicates that Swiss ball training of six weeks has significant impact on selected physical, physiological and performance related variables namely maximum strength, core strength, leg explosive power, breath holding time, peak expiratory flow rate, resting heart rate, maximum heart rate, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, forehand clear and backhand clear of Badminton players.

Author Name : A. Purusothaman, Dr. R. Kalidasan

Keywords: Badminton, Physical, Physiological, Performance, Swiss ball.