Effect of Game-Specific Strength Training on Selected Physiological Variables among Badminton Players

ABSTRACT The study was designed to find out the effect of game-specific strength training on selected Physiological variables among Badminton players. To achieve the purpose, 20 (boys) Badminton players were selected as subjects from different schools of Pudukkottai town. They were divided into two groups of 10 subjects each as experimental and control groups. The subjects age ranged between 15 to 18 years. The subjects of the experimental group underwent a programme of game-specific strength training in addition to their regular training for 8 weeks duration where as control group did not receive training. The following variables such as Breath holding time and Resting pulse rate were selected as dependent variables. Analysis of covariance (Ancova) was used to analysis and interpret the data. The results of the study revealed that the experimental group had registered significant improvement on all the dependent variables when compared to the control group