INFLUENCE OF JUMP ROPE TRAINING ON PHYSICAL FITNESS VARIABLES AMONG SCHOOL BOYS

Jump rope can be incorporated in an athlete’s regular training programme as a warm-up, active rest or cool down. The portability of jump rope makes this possible even during competition. Fitness exercise and other types of exercises require access to a gymnasium or fitness centre, while a jump rope requires only sufficient space and adequate surface. This study was designed to investigate influence of jump rope training on physical fitness variables among school boys. To achieve the purpose of the study 30 school boys were selected from Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Anthiyur, Erode. Their age ranged between 15 and 17 years and they were divided into two equal groups consists of 15 each. Group I underwent the jump rope training and Group II acted as control group. The training was given to the experimental group for 3 days per week for the period of 12 weeks. The control group was not undergoing any sort of training except their routine work. The data collected from the subjects was statistically analyzed with dependent ‘t’ test to find out significant improvement if any at 0.05 level of confidence. The results speculated that the leg explosive power and leg strength of school boys improved significantly due to the jump rope training with the limitations