Abstract
The study was to find out the effect of sand training with and without plyometric exercises on selected physical fitness variables among university athletes. Thirty Pondicherry University athletes were selected as subjects. Their ages ranged from 21 to 24 years. They were divided into three equal groups named as Experimental group I, Experimental group II and control group consists of ten subjects in each group. Experimental group I underwent sand training with plyometric exercises, Experimental group II underwent sand training without plyometric exercises and control group were not exposed to any sort of training programme. Physical fitness variables namely speed, leg explosive power and agility were chosen as dependent variables for this study. The collected data were analyzed by ANCOVA and followed by Scheffe’s post hoc test. The results of this study show that there was significant improvement in speed, leg explosive power and agility among university athletes due to sand training with plyometric exercises and sand training without plyometric exercises, comparing to control group. Keywords: Plyometric Exercises, Physical Fitness, Sand Training
Highlights
Sand training is, first and foremost training with a great option for developing strength and power, building lower body muscle and creating specific adaptations for competition[4]
Thirty university athletes were selected at random from Pondicherry University. Their age ranges from 21 to 24 years. They were divided into three equal groups namely experimental group I and II and control group
Experimental Group I exposed to sand training with plyometric exercises, Experimental group II exposed to sand training without plyometric exercises and control group was restricted from participating in the training Programme
Summary
First and foremost training with a great option for developing strength and power, building lower body muscle and creating specific adaptations for competition[4]. Training without using the arms can increase the strength. Training on sand will improve strength[3]. Plyometric Exercise is a popular form of training used to improved athletic performance. It involves a stretch of the muscle-tendon unit immediately followed by a shortening of the muscle unit. Plyometric as an elastic phenomenon involving an immediate shortening after pre stretching active muscles. Plyometric training have come to prominence recently when many sportsman have successfully used bounding, jumping and hopping exercises in their training programme[2]
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