Effect of ploymetric training programme on physiological variables among adolescent school boys

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of plyometric training on selected physiological variables among adolescent school boys. To achieve the purpose of the study 30 adolescent IX and X standard school boys were selected at random from the Schools of Tuticorin District. The age of the subjects were ranged from 14 to 18 years. The selected subjects were divided into two groups of 15 each. Group A undergone plyometric training for 6 weeks and group B acted as control. The data pertaining to the variable in this study were examined by using dependent t-test to find out a significant improvement and analysis of covariance the differences if any among the adjusted post-test means. Result of the study indicated that the there was a significant improvement takes place on resting heart rate, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure due to the effect of six weeks plyometric training program. There was a significant difference exists between experimental and control groups on selected physiological variables such as resting heart rate, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. The pre-test and post-test comparisons in respect of all the selected Physiological variables were positive and significant at 0.05 level of significance.