Plyometric training on river sand and ground surface among basketball players–A quasi experimental study.

Autor: Suresh, T. N., Patil, Shantanu
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings; 2023, Vol. 2581 Issue 1, p1-8, 8p
Abstrakt: Basketball is one of the high intensity sport which demands specific skills to be done under dynamic conditions. Basketball players will be covering approximately 5000 m during this game duration. To meet this aerobic capacity along with energy demands, it is important to be fit enough to have better sports performance. Many studies done using for rceplate to measure ground reaction force for different surfaces to analyse the ground reaction force, lower limb activity and its pattern of muscle activation. Plyometric training is one of physical conditioning involving compound exercise. It involves body weight jumping to increase the power of movements. Sand has been the most common alternative surface which is used for training the athletes for the wider range of ground sports. The River sand has completely different type of texture, structure and sliding friction compared to the sand we encounter in everyday life. The main objective of this research is to study the varied effects of plyometric training in ground and river sand. An quasi-experimental study in which 60 basketball players were included according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The players were divided equally into 2 groups with 30 participants in each group. Group A performed plyometric training protocol in ground whereas Group B performed the same plyometric training protocol in river sand. Vertical Jump Test was used to measure lower limb muscle power of the athletes. 50 Yard Dash Test was used to measure acceleration and speed of the athletes. After 6 weeks of plyometric training Group A had increase in their height jumped of 3.55 cm in average performing vertical jump test and 0.66 seconds improved average while performing 50-yard dash test. Group B had experienced increase in their height jumped of 7.10cm in average performing vertical jump test and 0.83 seconds improved average while performing 50-yard dash test. This study concludes that participants underwent plyometric training in river sand were significantly more effective than players underwent plyometric training in ground surface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index