Effect of Varied Intensity of Plyometric Training on Physiological Variable of Female Volleyball Players

Abstract

Effects of Varied Intensity of Plyometric Training on Motor Fitness and Physiological Variables among College Female Volleyball Players

The purpose of the study is to find out the effects of varied intensity of plyometric training on selected motor fitness and physiological variables among college female volleyball players. To achieve the purpose of this study, sixty (N=60) female volleyball players were selected from different colleges of Andhra Pradesh who represented their colleges in intercollegiate level volleyball tournaments.

The selected subjects were of age group ranging from 19 to 24 years with a standard deviation of ±2.1. The subjects were randomly divided into four groups, and each group contained fifteen subjects. Group I acted as experimental group I, Group II acted as experimental group II, Group III acted as experimental group III, and the fourth group was considered as the control group.

Pre-test scores were obtained using standard tests on the selected physiological variable VO₂ max before the experimental period, and the post-test scores were obtained immediately after the twelve-week experimental period. The difference between the pre-test and post-test means were subjected to statistical treatment using ANCOVA to evaluate the effect of varied intensities of plyometric training. In all cases, a 0.05 level of significance was fixed to test the hypothesis of the study.

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