AUTHOR(S): Sunil Kumar

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of present study was to scrutinize the effect of Plyometric exercises on vertical jump of volleyball players. For achieving the purpose of the study, data was collected on 20 volleyball players from Punjabi university Patiala. The subjects were selected randomly. The subjects were purposively divided into two groups: Controlled Group (N1=10) and Experimental Group (N2=10). The plyometric training programme was carried out alternative days only which may be considered as the delimitation of the study. The following two different type of training program will be given (a) Stair exercise, 3 set, each set of 1 minute (b) Bench exercise, 3 set, each set of 1 minute. To compare the effect of Plyometric exercises on vertical jump of volleyball players, mean, standard deviation and t-test were employed with the help of statistical package of SPSS. To test the hypothesis the significance level was set at 0.05 percent. It was found that the plyometric training is an effective means for improving the vertical jump and no significant improvement in the case of a control group may be a reflection of inactivity, Floor exercise.

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