ISSN NO : 2277-3665
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Article Name :
EFFECT OF SWISSBALL AND PLYOMETRIC TRAINING PROGRAMME ON SELECTED PHYSICAL VARIABLES AND SKILL PERFORMANCE OF INTER COLLEGIATE MEN VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS
Author Name :
R. Annadurai , N. Sathish Babu
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-140
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Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of Swiss ball and plyometric training programme on selected physical variable and skill performance of inter collegiate men volleyball players, to achieve that 45 subjects aged from 19 to 28 years from affiliated college of Bharathiar University Coimbatore, Tamilnadu were selected, subjects (N = 45) were divided into three equal groups. Namely, Group - I underwent Swiss ball training group (SBTG), Group - II underwent plyometric training group (PTG), and Group - III acted as control group (CG) was not given any specific training. Each group consists of 15 subjects. They were assessed before and after six weeks in both groups. The analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA) was used to determine any significant difference was present among the three groups of the dependent variables. The study revealed that the selected dependent variables such as speed, flexibility, explosive power, muscular strength and endurance, serving Ability and passing ability have significant improvement due to the Swiss ball and plyometric training programme on selected physical fitness variables and skill performance of inter collegiate men volleyball players.
Keywords :
  • speed
  • flexibility
  • explosive power
  • muscular strength and endurance
  • serving ability
  • passing ability