2023, Vol. 10, Issue 1, Part F

Resistance training increases muscle strength by making your muscles work against weight or force. Different forms of resistance training include using free weights, weight machines, resistance bands, and your own body weight. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of resistance training on the motor fitness components of adolescent Boys kabaddi players. For this study, thirty Boys kabaddi players were selected from Vidya Vikas Matriculation Higher Secondary School and Vikash Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu. They were divided into two equal groups of fifteen subjects each, namely the experimental group and the control group. The selected subjects were under 14 years of age.

The experimental group (Group-I) underwent resistance training three days per week for six weeks. The control group (Group-II) did not undergo any special training program apart from their regular activities. The following dependent variables were selected for this study: agility, endurance, and leg explosive power. Data on these selected dependent variables were collected both prior to and immediately after the six-week experimental period as pre-test and post-test, respectively.

The data were analyzed using the dependent 't-test to determine the significant differences among the groups. A confidence level of 0.05 was fixed to test the level of significance, which was considered appropriate. The results of the study showed that the resistance training program led to significant improvement in the selected motor fitness components.