Effect of pre-season training on selected physical fitness variables of high school volley ball boys

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of pre-season training on selected physical fitness variables in high school volleyball boys. Thirty high school volley ball players were randomly selected from Government Higher Secondary School, Kizhakkanchery, Palakkad district and their age ranged between 11 to 13 years. Physical fitness components were measured by the following tests. Speed, Muscular Strength, Endurance, Agility, Leg Explosive Power. For this study pre-test – post-test randomized group design, which consists of control group (n=15) and experimental group Preseason training (n=15) were used. The data was collect through the pre-test (before training) and post-test after Six weeks of preseason training. To find out the effect of pre-session training on selected physical fitness variables before and after training analysis of covariance was used in the study. The level of significance was set at 0.05 level of confidence. Based on the analyzes of the study the pre-session training group showed significance improvement on speed (64.62), muscular strength (102.79), endurance (5.13), agility (77.87), leg explosive power (36.58), of high school volley ball players than the control group. It can be concluded that the pre-season training programme has influenced the physical fitness components of speed, muscular strength, endurance, agility and leg explosive power.