EFFECTS OF BASKETBALL SPECIFIC TRAINING WITH AND WITHOUT MEDITATION PRACTICES ON LEG EXPLOSIVE POWER OF MALE BASKETBALL PLAYERS

M. Ponkumar; Dr. P. Kaleewaran

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018

EFFECTS OF BASKETBALL SPECIFIC TRAINING WITH AND WITHOUT MEDITATION PRACTICES ON LEG EXPLOSIVE POWER OF MALE BASKETBALL PLAYERS

M. Ponkumar, Dr. P. Kaleewaran

Abstract :

Theaim of the study was designed to determine the effects of basketball specific training with and without meditation practices on leg explosive power of male basketball players. For the purpose of the study, forty five (N=45) men Basketball players who were studying under graduate Engineering courses in various Engineering colleges at Madurai District, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India were selected as subjects. The age of the subjects ranged between 18 to 21 years. The subjects were divided at random into three groups of fifteen each (n=15).Group–I underwent Basketball Specific Training with Meditation Practices, Group–II Basketball Specific Training without Meditation Practices, and Group–III acted as Control group. The duration of the training period was restricted to twelve weeks and the number of sessions per week was confined to three. Rajyoga Meditation Module only selected for the meditation training for this study. Among the various bio–motor variables Leg explosive power only selected for this study and it was assessed by Sargent Jump Test. The data were collected prior to and immediately after the training period of twelve weeks. The data obtained from the experimental groups before and after the experimental period were statistically analyzed with Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Whenever the ‘F’ ratio for adjusted post test means was found to be significant, the Scheffe’s Post hoc test was applied to determine the paired mean differences. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 level for all the cases. The Experimental groups namely, Basketball Specific Training with Meditation Practices group and Basketball Specific Training without Meditation Practicesgroup had significantly improved in Leg Explosive Power. Further the results of the study were favour to the Basketball Specific Training with Meditation Practicesgroup.