Author(s): Dr. M Kalimuthu and AB Raoof Bhat

Abstract:
The purpose of this investigation was to find out the effect of various strength trainings on speed among pre-adolescent girls. To achieve this purpose, thirty (N= 30) girls from different schools of Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu were selected as subjects. The age ranged between 12 to 14 years. The selected subjects were randomly assigned into two equal groups of fifteen (n=15) subjects each such as various strength training group and control group. The Group I underwent various strength trainings three days per week for twelve weeks. Group II acted as control group which did not participate in any special training programme apart from their regular activities. The speed was taken as criterion variable for the present study and it was measured by 50 meter run dash. All the subjects of the two groups were tested on the selected dependable variable at prior to and after the training programme. The analysis of t-test was used to analyse the significant difference, if any, between the groups. Level of confidence was fixed at .05 to find out the level of significance which was considered as an appropriate. Results revealed that various strength trainings have significantly improved speed of experimental group when compared with control group.

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