Effect of basketball specific and traditional method of training on muscular strength, speed and overall playing ability of inter collegiate  women basketball players

S. Parimalam and A. Pushparajan,

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International Journal for Life Sciences and Educational Research
E-ISSN : 2321 - 1299, P-ISSN : 2321 - 1880

Accepted Date : 04-01-2014

Article Type : Research Article

Effect of basketball specific and traditional method of training on muscular strength, speed and overall playing ability of inter collegiate women basketball players

Authors :

S. Parimalam* and A. Pushparajan,

Author Address :

Department of Physical Education, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of basketball specific training and traditional method of training on muscular strength, speed and overall playing ability of inter collegiate women basketball players. To achieve the purpose of the study 60 inter-collegiate women basketball players were selected from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. They were randomly divided into three equal groups namely, experimental group-I basketball specific training group (BSTG), experimental group-II traditional method of training (TMTG) and control group-III (CG). Each group consisted of twenty subjects. Experimental group-I (BSTG) underwent basketball specific training programme, Experimental group-II (TMTG) underwent traditional method of training (that is the subjects in TMTG were asked not to change their normal basketball game practice and in particular their own conditioning and training program) and control group-III (CG) were asked not to engage in any exercise throughout the training period except light activities like walking, and jogging. After assigning the subjects into various groups the pre-test was conducted on the selected variables of muscular strength, speed and overall playing ability. After completion of the pre test, the subjects were treated with their respective training programme. After 12 weeks of training period post test was conducted on the dependent variables for all the three groups. Based on the results, the basketball specific training group significantly improved (P<0.05) on the selected variables of muscular strength, speed and overall playing ability better than the traditional method of training. The traditional method of training group significantly improved (P<0.05) on the selected variables of muscular strength, speed and overall playing ability better than the control group.