Effect of ladder training on selected physical fitness variables among inter collegiate men Kabaddi players

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the effect of ladder training on selected physical fitness variables among inter collegiate men Kabaddi players. To achieve the purpose of the study (N=30) thirty men Kabaddi players were selected from National College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India as subjects. The age of the subjects ranged from 18 to 23 years. The selected subjects were divided into two groups (N=15). Group I underwent ladder training. Group II acted as control group who did not undergo any specialized training program other than their daily routine. The physical fitness variables such as agility and leg balance were selected as dependent variables and they were assessed by shuttle run, and stroke stand respectively. The subjects were concerned with their particular training for a period of six weeks, six days per week. The collected data from two groups prior to and immediately after the training programme on selected criterion variables were statistically analyzed with analysis of covariance (ANOVA). The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 for all the cases to test the hypothesis. The result of the study reveals that the ladder training group achieved significant improvement on selected physical fitness variables such as agility and balance of inter college men Kabaddi players.