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IMPACT OF PLYOMETRIC TRAINING ON SELECTED PHYSICAL FITNESS VARIABLES AMONG KHO-KHO PLAYERS

. Dr. A. Mahaboobjan and S. Princy.


Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyze the impact of plyometric training on selected physical fitness variables among kho kho players. To achieve the purpose of this study, 60 male Kho-Kho players who has Played in the intercollegiate tournaments from different colleges of Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli were selected as the subjects. The age of the subjects ranged between 18 to 23 years. The subjects were informed about the nature of the study and their consent were also taken before involving them as subjects of the study. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups of thirty subjects each. Group A acted as the experimental group and group B acted as the control group. Later, the Plyometric training programme was administered on the experimental group thrice in a week for a period of Six weeks. The selected Physical Fitness variables and test used for this study are speed, agility, static balance, dynamic balance, abdominal strength and endurance  and it was measured by 50 mts. Dash, Shuttle Run, Stork Stand, Johnson's Modified Bass Test, Sit-ups, Cooper's 12 minute Run/Walk Test respectively. Later, the Plyometric training programme was administered on the experimental group thrice in a week for a period of six weeks. Data collected from the groups before and after the training programme were statistically examined for significant difference in means by applying analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA). Later wherever the F-ratio was found to be significant, LSD post-hoc test was applied, so as to test whether actual differences existed among the adjusted post-test means and the level of significance was set at 0.05. The results of the study indicate that there was significant difference on speed, agility, static balance, dynamic balance, abdominal strength and endurance among the Plyometric Training and control group of kho-kho players.

Key Words: Plyometric Training, Speed, Agility, Static Balance, Dynamic Balance, Abdominal Strength and Endurance.

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