Effects of Six Week Plyometric Training and Aerobic Training on Breath Holding Time among Basketball Players

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the effects of six week plyometric training and aerobic training on breath holding time among basketball players. To achieve this purpose of the study, ninety college men were selected as subjects who were attended the basketball coaching camp conducted by the department of physical education, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab.  The selected subjects were aged between 17 to 21 years.  The selected subjects were randomly divided into three groups of 30 subjects each group.  Group one acted as experimental group I and group two acted as experimental group II and group three acted as control group.  Group one underwent plyometric training, group two underwent aerobic training for six weeks and group three underwent routine physical exercise.  The subjects were tested on selected criterion variable such as breath holding time prior to and immediately after the training period.  The selected criterion variable such as breath holding time was assessed by abdomen touch method.  The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to find out the significant differences if any, between the experimental group and control group on selected criterion variables separately.  In all the cases, 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the significance, which was considered as an appropriate.  The result of the present study has revealed that there was a significant difference among the experimental and control group on breath holding time.