Mechanical Power of Leg Extensor Muscles in Male Boxing Players

Abstract

The present study was conducted on nineteen male boxing players (age: 16.37±1.34 years) comprising of inmates of Sports Training Centre and Centre of Excellence scheme of Sports Authority of India, training at NS NIS Patiala (India). The aim of the study was to find the status of mechanical power variables of leg extensor muscles in male boxing players and to find the relationship between them. The experimental protocol developed by Bosco et al (1983), Mcguigan et al (2006) were used to measure the mechanical power variables of leg extensor muscles in male boxing players. Karl Pearson‘s coefficient of correlation was calculated with the help of SPSS version 9.0 software. The results of this study indicate that there was a highly significant correlation between the squat jump flight time, squat jump height, countermovement jump height, countermovement flight time, Eccentric Utilization Ratio (EUR), Elasticity Index (EI) and peak power (0-15sec), peak power (45-60sec) and Mean Power (0-60sec).