Effect of on the Court Specific Footwork Training Protocol on Passing Ability and Defensive Movement of Male Basketball Players

Dr. N. Prem Kumar

Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2014

Effect of on the Court Specific Footwork Training Protocol on Passing Ability and Defensive Movement of Male Basketball Players

Dr. N. Prem Kumar

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of on the court specific footwork training protocol on passing ability and defensive movement of male basketball players. For this purpose, thirty male basketball players were randomly selected as subjects. The age of the subjects were ranged between 15 to 17 years. They were divided into two equal groups and each group consisted of 15 subjects.Group I underwent on the court specific footwork training protocol for three days per week for twelve weeks and group II acted as control. The passing ability and defensive movement were selected as criterion variables. The passing abilities and defensive movement were assessed by passing test and defensive movement test respectively. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the significant difference, if any among the groups. The results of the study showed that the on the court specific footwork training protocol had significantly improved the passing ability, defensive movement of male basketball players.