Effect of swiss ball training on cardiovascular endurance and abdominal strength of physical education students

Abstract

This study was undertaken to analyse the effect of Swiss ball training on selected variables among the physical education students. It had the purpose of comparing and analysing the data collection from each variables during pre-test and post-test. For the purpose of the study, twenty boys of 22 to 28 years old were selected as subjects for the investigation. These students were given Swiss ball training in department of physical education, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit Kalady. The pre-test was administrated before training and post-test was administrated after four weeks of training. The selected variables for the study were cardiovascular endurance and abdominal strength were 5 minute harvard step test and 1 minute sit ups. A pre-test and post-test score of the experimental group and controlled group were analysed by employing the T-test. To find out the significance difference between pre-test and post-test score of the experimental group and controlled group, the T-ratio was employed.