Individualized and combined effect of interval and swissball training on playing ability among shuttle badminton players

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the individualized and combined effect of interval and swissball training on playing ability among shuttle badminton players. The study was formulated as a true random group design, consisting of a pre- test and post-test. Sixty shuttle badminton players from Kerala, India were selected at random ages ranged from 18 to 25 years. This initial test scores formed as pre test scores of the subjects. Experimental Group I was exposed to interval training, Experimental Group II was bared to swissball training, Experimental Group III was exposed to combined interval and swissball training and control cluster was not allowed. The duration of experimental period was 12 weeks. After the experimental treatment, all the sixty subjects were tested on their selected variables. The pre test and post test scores were subjected to Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and Scheffe’s post hoc test was used. The results of the study proved that individualized and combined interval and swissball training significantly improved the playing ability of badminton players.