AUTHOR(S): Dr. P Kumaravelu and K Govindasamy

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of circuit resistance training programme on leg strength among university players from different discipline. To achieve this purpose, 30 male university represented players from different discipline were randomly selected as subjects from various departments of Tamilnadu physical education and sports University, Chennai Tamilnadu. The age of the subjects were ranged from 18 to 25 years. The subjects were further classified at random into two equal groups of 15 subjects each in which group - I underwent circuit resistance training programme for three days per week for eight weeks and group - II acted as control who were not undergo any special training programme. The selected criterion variables such as leg strength were assessed before and after the training period. The collected data were statistically analysed by using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). From the results of the study it was found that there was a significant improvement on leg strength for circuit resistance training group when compared with the control group.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/yogic.2018.v3.i1c.08

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