Author(s): Dr. M Rajeswari and Dr. RG Giridharaprasath

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was designed to find out the influence of sports specific training on physical fitness and skill performance variables of adolescent girls. To achieve the purpose of the study, forty high school girls were randomly selected from Thamarai matriculation school, Thamaraipalayam, kodumudi, erode., Their age ranged from 14 to 18 years. They were divided into two equals groups. The group consists of 20 each and named experimental group and control group. The investigator did not made any attempt to equate the group. The experimental group was given sports specific training 3days per week for a period of eight weeks and control group was not given any treatment. Agility assessed by 4*10mts shuttle run Test and the unit of measurement was in seconds, dribbling was assessed by warner’s soccer test and the unit of measurement was in seconds. The collected data on physical fitness and skill performance was analyzed by using ‘t’ test at 0.05 level of confidence. The result of the present study explored that the agility and dribbling significantly improved due to the influence of sports specific training on physical fitness and skill performance variables of adolescent girls.

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