Evaluation of anaerobic capacity and fatigue index at different times of the day on male handball players

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to compare anaerobic capacity and fatigue index at different times of the day on male handball players. To achieve the purpose 29 male handball players were selected from Department of physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University. Anaerobic capacity and fatigue index was measured by Running based anaerobic sprint test (RAST). The data was collected at four different times of the day at 07:00, 12:00, 17:00 and 22:00 hours. The collected data was analysed using One-Way Repeated Measure ANOVA for comparisons of mean values between four different times of the day. When F is significant pair wise bonferroni comparison was applied to know the difference between different times of the day. The result of the study showed significant difference in anaerobic capacity at different times of the day (F = 5.27, p = 0.002). However, fatigue index showed no significant difference at different times of the day (F = 1.456, p = 0.23). It identified that greater anaerobic capacity elicited during 17:00 hours and decline in power output remained unaltered.