Isolated and Combined Effect of Parcourse and Swissball Training on Selected Motor Fitness Variables among Football Players of Periyar University Affiliated Colleges

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to find out the isolated and combined effect of parcourse and swissball training on selected motor fitness variables among football players of Periyar University affiliated colleges. To achieve the purpose of the present study, eighty football players from affiliated colleges of Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu, India were selected as subjects at random and their ages ranged from 18 to 25 years. The subjects were divided into four equal groups of twenty each. Group I acted as Experimental Group I (Parcourse Training), Group II acted as Experimental Group II (Swissball Training), Group III acted as Experimental Group III (Combined Parcourse & Swissball Training) Group IV acted as Control Group. The requirement of the experiment procedures, testing as well as exercise schedule was explained to the subjects so as to get full co-operation of the effort required on their part and prior to the administration of the study. The study was formulated as a true random group design, consisting of a pre-test and post-test. Pre test was conducted for all the subjects on selected motor fitness variables. This initial test scores formed as pre test scores of the subjects. Experimental Group I was exposed to parcourse training, Experimental Group II was exposed to swissball training, Experimental Group III was exposed to combined parcourse & swissball training and Control Group was not exposed to any experimental training other than their regular daily activities. The duration of experimental period was 12 weeks. After the experimental treatment, all eighty subjects were tested on their motor fitness variables. This final test scores formed as post test scores of the subjects. The pre test and post test scores were subjected to statistical analysis using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to find out the significance among the mean differences, whenever the ‘F’ ratio for adjusted test was found to be significant; Scheffe’s post hoc test was used. In all cases 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test hypotheses.

Author Name : A. Eswara Moorthy & Dr. K. Angamuthu

Keywords: Parcourse, Swissball, Motor Fitness.