Author(s): Dr. NS Gnanavel and Dr. K Venkatesan

Abstract:
The purpose of present study was to find out the effect of game specific plyometric training on selected physical fitness variables among inter university basketball players. To achieve this purpose, thirty basketball players, studying in various colleges and departments from Dhanalakshmi srinivasan educational institutions, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India in the age group of 18 - 25 years were selected as subjects. The selected 30 subjects were divided into two equal groups, in which, group – I (n = 15) underwent game specific plyometric training, group – II (n = 15) acted as control which did not participate in any special training. The training programme was carried three days per week for twelve weeks (alternative days). Prior to and after the training period the subjects were tested for, speed and agility. Speed was measured by 50 meters dash agility measured by shuttle run. The statistical tool were used for the present study is ‘t’ ratio. The result of the study was a significant improvement on speed and agility after twelve weeks of game specific plyometric training. However the improvement was favour of experimental group. There was a significant difference was occurred between game specific plyometric training group and control group after twelve weeks of game specific plyometric training.

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