Effect of plyometric training with yogic practices and plyometric training without yogic practices on physical fitness variables among women cricket players

Abstract

The Aim of the study was to find out the Effect of Plyometric Training with Yogic Practices and Plyometric Training without Yogic Practices on Physical Fitness Variables among Women Cricket Players. The investigator randomly selected 90 women Cricket Players from different colleges in Tirupati and the age of players were between 17 and 21 years. They were divided into three groups with thirty subjects each (n = 30) at random again consisting thirty subjects in each group and they were randomly assigned as Experimental group I Plyometric Training with Yogic Practices, Experimental group II Plyometric Training without Yogic Practices and control group (CG). Speed and Agility has selected as criterion variable of this study. The experimental groups underwent Plyometric Training with Yogic Practices and Plyometric Training without Yogic Practices for eight weeks, three days per week and a session on each day. The difference between the Pre-test and post-test means were subjected to statistical treatment using ANCOVA, In all cases 0.05 level was fixed to test the hypothesis of the study, which was considered as an appropriate. It was concluded from the result of the study that there was a significant improvement (p ≤ 0.05) due to Plyometric Training with Yogic Practices and Plyometric Training without Yogic Practices on Speed and Agility as compared to control group.