Impact of strength training on selected physiological variables among kabaddi players

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the impact of strength training on selected physiological variables among kabaddi players. To achieve the purpose of the study (N=40) forty men kabaddi players were selected from the Department of Physical Education, Vijaynagara Sri Krishnadevara University, Bellary, Karnataka, India was selected as subjects. Their age ranged in between 19 and 24years. The subjects will be randomly assigned in to two equal groups (N=20) namely one experimental group and one control group. Group I underwent strength training Group II as control group they do not have any specific training. The physiological variables such as blood pressure, breath holding time and resting heart rate were selected as criterion variables and was assessed by sphygmomanometer, manual test and stethoscope respectively. The subjects were concerned with their particular training for a period of six weeks, three days per week. The pre and post-test were taken before and after the end of six weeks of the training. The Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyse the significant differences between the means and the level significance was fixed at 0.05 for all the cases to test the hypothesis. The strength training produced significant enhancement in selected physiological variables among kabaddi players.