A Study on the Effect of Aerobic Exercises on Selected Physical Fitness Variables among Handball Players

<p><span>The purpose of the present study was to find out the effect of Aerobic Exercises on<br>Selected Physical Fitness Variables among Handball players. To achieve the purpose of the present study,<br>Thirty Handball players from Alappuzha districts at school level were selected as subjects at random and their<br>ages ranged from 15 to 18 years. The study was formulated as a true random group design. The subjects<br>(N=30) were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen Handball players each. Pre test was<br>conducted for all the subjects on selected physical fitness variables. This initial test scores formed as pre test<br>scores of the subjects. The groups were assigned as Experimental Group and Control Group in an<br>equivalent manner. Experimental Group was exposed to Aerobic Exercises and Control Group was not<br>exposed to any Experimental training other than their regular daily activities. The duration of<br>Experimental period was 12 weeks. After the Experimental treatment, all the thirty Handball players were<br>tested on their selected Physical Fitness variables. This final test scores formed as post test scores of the<br>subjects. The pre test and post test scores were subjected to Statistical Analysis using dependent ‘t’ test. In<br>all cases 0.05 level of significance was fixed to test Hypotheses. The Aerobic Exercises group had shown<br>significant improvement in all the selected Physical Fitness variables among Handball players after<br>undergoing Aerobic Exercises group for a period of twelve weeks.</span> </p>