Author(s): J Thomas Raja Selvam and Dr. P Kumaresan

Abstract:
The present study was designed to examine the relative effect of explosive and resistance training followed by speed training on selected physiological variables among Kabaddi Players. To achieve the purpose of the study, thirty six Kabaddi players from Thoothukudi District were selected as subjects. The age of the subjects ranged from 19 to 21 years. The subjects were assigned at random into three groups of twelve each (n=12). Group I underwent explosive training followed by speed training, Group II underwent resistance training followed by speed training, and Group III acted as control who did not participate in any training during the training period other than their daily schedule in the curriculum. The duration of the training period was restricted to twelve weeks and the number of sessions per week was confined to four. The criterion variables selected for this paper were resting pulse rate and breadth holding time. The data were collected prior to and immediately after the training period. The obtained data from the experimental groups and control groups before and after the experimental period were statistically analyzed with dependent ‘t’-test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Whenever the F-ratio for adjusted post-test means was found to be significant, the Scheffe’s test was applied as post-hoc test to determine the paired mean differences. The level confidence was fixed at .05 level for all the cases to find out the significance. The explosive and resistance training followed by speed training groups has significant improvement on resting pulse rate and breadth holding time when compared to the control group. The resistance training followed by speed training groups has significant difference on improvement of resting pulse rate and breadth holding time when compared to the control group.

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