Author(s): V Anbukumaran and Dr. V Jeyaveerapandian

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to compare the effects of plyometric training, yogic exercises and games specific training on selected physical fitness variables of men volleyball players. To achieve the purpose of the study, totally sixty college men volleyball players were selected as subjects. In that, 15players each selected from SACS MAVMM Engineering College, Vaigai College of Engineering, Latha Mathavan Engineering College and Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India and their age ranged from 17 to 23 years. The subjects were divided into four equal groups of fifteen men volleyball players each. Group I acted as Experimental Group I (Plyometric training), Group II acted as Experimental Group II (Yogic exercises), and Group III acted as Experimental Group III (Game-specific training) Group IV acted as and Control Group. The duration of experimental period was 12 weeks. The pre-test and post test scores were subjected to statistical analysis using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to find out the significance among the mean differences, whenever the ‘F’ ratio for adjusted test was found to be significant; Scheffe’s post hoc test was used. In all cases 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test hypotheses. In comparing the effect of experimental groups on reaction time, visual accommodation and depth perception from the obtained f-ratios, it was observed that all the groups produced similar effect.

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