EFFECTS OF SAQ TRAINING, STRENGTH TRAINING AND COMBINED SAQ TRAINING AND STRENGTH TRAINING ON SPEED PERFORMANCE AMONG MEN ATHLETES IN KERALA

Dr. V. A. MANICKAM; LIJESH KUMAR .P

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2018

EFFECTS OF SAQ TRAINING, STRENGTH TRAINING AND COMBINED SAQ TRAINING AND STRENGTH TRAINING ON SPEED PERFORMANCE AMONG MEN ATHLETES IN KERALA

Dr. V. A. Manickam, Lijesh Kumar . P

Abstract :

The present study was designed to find out the effects of SAQ training, strength training and combined SAQ training and strength training on speed performance among men athletes in Kerala. To attain the purpose, sixty (N=60) men College athletes who participated in Inter–collegiate athletic meet in Kerala, India, during the year 2015–2016 were selected as subjects. Their age ranged between 18 to 21 years. The subjects were divided at random into four groups of fifteen each (n=15). Group–I underwent SAQ Training, Group–II underwent Strength Training, Group–III underwent Combined SAQ Training and Strength Training, and Group– IV acted as Control. The duration of the training period for all the three Experimental groups was restricted to twelve weeks and the number of sessions per week was confined to three in a week. For Combined SAQ Training and Strength Training the training period was restricted to alternative weeks for twelve weeks. The dependent variable selected for this study was Speed and it was assessed by 50 Meters Run Test. All the subjects were tested prior to and immediately after the training for all the selected variables. Data were collected and statistically analyzed using ANCOVA. Scheffe’s post hoc test was applied to determine the significant difference between the paired means. In all the cases 0.05 level of significance was fixed. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference was found among all the Experimental groups namely of SAQ training, strength training and combined SAQ training and strength training had significantly increase in the Speed. Further the results of the study showed that Combined SAQ training and strength training were found to be better than the SAQ training and strength training in Speed.