EVALUATING THE ABILITY OF VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS TO EXPLOSIVE POWER: THE EFFECT OF PLYOMETRIC TRAINING

The purpose of the study was to find out the influences of plyometric training on explosive power among inter-collegiate volleyball players. To achieve the purpose of the present study, thirty volleyball players from Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu were selected as subjects at random and their ages ranged from 18 to 21 years. The selected subjects had earlier played experience of at least three years in Volleyball. The selected variable explosive power was tested by standing broad jump test. The subjects (n=30) were randomly assigned into two equal groups of fifteen players each. The groups were named as Plyometric training group (PTG) and Control group (CG) in an equivalent manner. Training programme was imparted for about 12 weeks. Analysis of covariance test was followed. All the statistical analysis tests were computed at 0.05 level of significance. The experimental group players showed significant improvement on explosive power when compared to the subjects in the control group.