Impact of SAQ training with speed training on acceleration and speed endurance among young adult men

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of SAQ training with speed training on acceleration and speed endurance among young adult men. To achieve the purpose of this study, 20 young adult men are randomly selected as subjects from the St. John’s College of Physical Education, Veeravanallur, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. Their age were ranged from 21(±2) years. The selected participants were randomly divided into two groups such as group ‘I’ underwent SAQ training with speed training (n=10) and group ‘II’ acted as control group (n=10). Group ‘I’ underwent SAQ training with speed training for three alternative days and one session per day and each session lasted for 45 minutes for eight week. Group ‘II’ was not exposed to any specific training but they were participated in regular activities. The data on acceleration and speed endurance were collected by administering by 30 m dash test and 150 meter run test. The pre and posttests data were collected on selected criterion variables prior and immediately after the training programme. The pre and post-test scores were statistically examined by the dependent ’t’ test and analysis of co-variance (ancova) for each and every selected variable separately. It was concluded that the SAQ training with speed training had shown significantly improved in acceleration and speed endurance. However the control group had not shown any significant improvement on any of the selected variables such as acceleration and speed endurance.