Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2014

AN ASSESSMENT OF STRENGTH, POWER AND AGILITY IN VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Taware Govind B, Tapadia Jyoti K, Bhutkar Milind V

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Volleyball is one of the most played games in the world. It is the game of power, agility and speed. But the levels of performance of the Indian volleyball players lag far behind the international standards. Physical fitness is of paramount importance in this game Objective : Strength, Power and Agility of volleyball players was assessed, analysed and compared with non volleyball players. Also, findings of the volleyball players were compared with that of the international norms from available literature. Study Design/Methods: Forty male volleyball players of state /national level were taken as subjects and 40 age matched non volleyball players as controls. Their strength was assessed using bench press and bench squat, power by vertical jump and agility by Burpee Test, Shuttle Run and Quadrant Jump. Results: Almost all parameters included were found to be statistically significant in the subjects when compared with the controls. But, when compared with the international standards it was found that our subjects were far behind than the recommended norms for the elite volleyball players. Conclusions: Subjects in our study had more strength, power and agility as compared to controls. But our subjects lag far behind in these parameters when compared with international standards

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Taware Govind B, Tapadia Jyoti K, Bhutkar Milind V AN ASSESSMENT OF STRENGTH, POWER AND AGILITY IN VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 8 August 2014

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