IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Dr. V. A. MANICKAM; S. VIGNESHWARAN

Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

ISOLATED AND COMBINED YOGIC PRACTICES AND COMBINED PLYOMETRIC TRAINING ON MUSCULAR STRENGTH AMONG SCHOOL LEVEL VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Dr. V. A. Manickam, S. Vigneshwaran

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to determine the isolated and combined yogic practices and plyometric training on muscular strength among school level Volleyball players. To achieve the purpose of the study, sixty (N=60) boys school Volleyball players in Sivagangai District, Tamilnadu, India were selected randomly as subjects during the year 2015–2016. They were divided randomly into four groups of fifteen each i.e., (n=15) Group–I underwent Yogic Practices, Group–II underwent Plyometric Training, Group–III underwent Combined Yogic Practices and Plyometric Training and Group–IV acted as Control. The Experimental groups underwent respective training period for three days per week for twelve weeks. The dependent variable selected for this study was Muscular Strength. All the subjects were tested prior to and immediately after the experimental period on the selected dependent variables. The data collected from the four groups prior to and post experimentation were statistically analyzed by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Since four groups were involved, whenever the obtained ‘F’ ratio for adjusted post test means was found to be significant, the Scheffe’s test was applied as post hoc test to determine the paired mean differences. The experimental groups had significant increase on Muscular Strength when compå to the control group.