Impact of Varied Basketball Training Program on Selected Physical Fitness Variables among School Level Boys Basketball Players
Author : C Dellus, Dr. S Ramesh Kumar and Dr. G Balsundar
Abstract :
Team sports players are required to perform repeated maximal or near-maximal efforts to develop power, acceleration, speed and speed endurance (Attene et al., 2014; Austin et al., 2011). Previous research has demonstrated that aerobic fitness is positively correlated with the ability to recover from high-intensity efforts, with significant implications for successful physical performance during competition (Tomlin and Wenger, 2001; Vazquez-Guerrero et al., 2018). A substantial body of research has been conducted to better understand the biomechanical and physiological benefits of repeated-sprint training stimuli (Padulo et al., 2016; Paulauskas et al., 2018). Repeated-sprint performance appears to be influenced by the duration, intensity, quantity and distribution of work bouts (Gaitanos et al., 1993) and emerging evidence supports the notion that repeated-sprint training provides potential biomechanical and physiological stimuli that are crucial to high-level performance in team sports, particularly at specific moments within game situations (Spencer et al., 2005). The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of a varied basketball training program on selected physical fitness variables among school-level male basketball players. For this investigation, sixty subjects were selected and divided into four equal groups of fifteen each (N=15), comprising three experimental groups and one control group. The experimental groups underwent respective training protocols, whereas the control group did not engage in any specific research training for the duration of twelve weeks. Pre- and post-tests were conducted before and after the training period for all four groups and were statistically analyzed to determine any significant improvements in selected variables among the subjects due to the training. Two experimental groups underwent training for a period of 12 weeks. The subjects were evaluated on the physical fitness component of Change of Direction (COD). Analysis of covariance was employed to identify significant differences, if any, among the experimental groups and control group. 'F' ratios were computed to determine the variation in the groups. The 't' ratio was applied to ascertain significant improvements in all variables across groups. In all cases, a 0.05 level of confidence was established to test for significance, which was deemed appropriate. In the present study, ANCOVA was applied to interpret the effect of physical fitness training, repeated sprint training, and game-specific training on selected physical fitness variables among school-level male basketball players. The results obtained demonstrated that the training on change of direction produced significant improvements among the experimental groups.
Keywords :
Fitness training, repeated sprint training and change of direction.
