COMPARISON OF LOW MEDIUM AND HIGH INTENSITY RESISTANCE TRAINING PROGRAMMES ON SPEED PARAMETER OF ANNA UNIVERSITY MEN PLAYERS

S. Rajesh; Dr.N.Vijayaregunathan

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

COMPARISON OF LOW MEDIUM AND HIGH INTENSITY RESISTANCE TRAINING PROGRAMMES ON SPEED PARAMETER OF ANNA UNIVERSITY MEN PLAYERS

S. Rajesh, Dr. N. Vijayaregunathan

Abstract :

The present study was designed to comparison of low, medium and high intensity resistance training programmes on speed parameter of Anna University men players. For this purpose, Sixty (N=60) Anna University Intercollegiate men players studying various Engineering Colleges in Salem District, Tamilnadu during the year 2015-201 were selected randomly as subjects. They were divided randomly into four groups of fifteen each i.e., (n=15) Group-I underwent Low Intensity Resistance Training (LIRT), Group-II underwent Medium Intensity Resistance Training (MIRT), Group-III underwent High Intensity Resistance Training (HIRT) and Group-IV acted as Control. The Experimental groups underwent respective training period for three days per week for ten weeks. The dependent variable selected for this study was Speed only. Speed was assessed by 50 Meters running test. All the subjects were tested prior to and immediately after the experimental period on the selected dependent variable. The data obtained from the experimental groups before and after the experimental period were statistically analyzed with dependent �t�-test and Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Whenever the �F� ratio for adjusted post test means was found to be significant, the Scheffe�s Post hoc test was applied to determine the paired mean differences. The level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 level for all the cases. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference among all the three experimental groups namely Low Intensity Resistance Training (LIRT), Medium Intensity Resistance Training(MIRT) and High Intensity Resistance Training(HIRT)programme had significantly improved in Speed. When the Experimental groups were compared with each other, the Medium Intensity Resistance Training(MIRT) programme was found to be greater than the Low Intensity Resistance Training (LIRT), and High Intensity Resistance Training(HIRT)programme on the improvement of Speed.