Volume : 6, Issue : 4, April - 2017

EFFECT OF PLYOMETRIC TRAINING AND COMPLEX TRAINING ON SELECTED PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENT AMONG RUNNERS

R. Stylemon Pillai, Dr. V. A. Manickam

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Purpose: To find out the effect of plyometric training and complex training on selected Physical Fitness component among runners. Subjects: </span></i></b><b style="text-indent: 0in;"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">For this purpose, forty five (N=45) men runners who participated in Alagappa University intercollegiate athletic meet during the year 2016-2017, were selected randomly as subjects.&nbsp; They were divided into three equal groups of fifteen (n=15), namely Plyometric Training group, Complex Training group, and group III acted as Control. Training Protocol: The training period was limited to three days per week for twelve weeks. Variables: The dependent variable selected for this study was Agility. Testing Procedures: Agility was assessed by Shuttle. All the subjects were tested prior to and immediately after the experimental period on the selected dependent variable. Statistical Techniques: The collected data were analyzed by using dependent &lsquo;t&rsquo;-test to find out significant improvements. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to determine the differences, if any, among the adjusted post-test means. Whenever &lsquo;F&rsquo;-ratio for adjusted &nbsp;post-test mean was found to be significant, the Scheffe&rsquo;s test was applied as post-hoc test to determine the paired mean differences. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level of confidence for all the cases. Results: The results of the study showed all the experimental groups namely, Plyometric training group and Complex training group had significantly improved in Agility. Conclusion: The study showed Complex training group is better than Plyometric training group and control group.</span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent:0in;line-height:150%"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>