IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Dr. A. Rube Jesintha

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

EFFECTS OF PLYOMETRIC TRAINING, SKILL TRAINING AND COMBINED TRAINING ON SPEED PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ATHLETES

Dr. A. Rube Jesintha

Abstract :

The present study was designed to find out the effects of Plyometric training, Skill training and Combined training of Speed performance of women Athletes. To attain the purpose, sixty (N=60) women athletes who have participated in the Alagappa University inter collegiate athletic meet during the year 2015–2016 were randomly selected as subjects. The subjects were assigned at random into four groups of fifteen each (n=15). Group–I underwent Plyometric training, Group–II underwent Skill training, Group–III underwent Combined Plyometric and Skill 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 Plyometric and Skill 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 Plyometric Training, Skill Training and Combined Plyometric and Skill Training groups had significantly increase in the Speed. Further the results of the study showed that Combined Plyometric and Skill Training group was found to be better than the Plyometric Training group and Skill Training group in Speed.