EFFECT OF STAIR CLIMBING AND SAND DUNE RUNNING ON SELECTED FITNESS VARIABLES AMONG VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

The aim of this research is to find out the effect of stair climbing and sand dune running on selected physiological and endurance variables. For this purpose, randomly selected thirty volleyball players from various departments of Meenatchi Physical Education College were divided into three groups, stair climbing, sand dune running and control group. Stair climbing exercise group after a warm up for 5 minutes underwent climbing stairs having 18 steps with vertical height of 3 meters with variation of slow, medium, high, medium and slow speed walk and sprints alternatively and finished each session with cool down exercises. Sand Dune running group, after a warm up for 5 minutes underwent climbing sand dune with vertical height of 4 meters and elevation at 45o with variation of slow, medium, high, medium and slow speed running alternatively and finished each session with cool down exercises and the sessions lasted for 40 minutes in each day, on alternate days, forming three days a week. Statistical analysis of pre and post test means through ANCOVA and Scheffe’s post hoc test proved that there was significant improvement in selected fitness variables due to stair climbing training and sand dune running