COMBINATION OF STRENGTH AND SPECIFIC SKILL TRAINING ON PERFORMANCE VARIABLES AMONG COLLEGE LEVEL WOMEN BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Abstract

This research aims to assess the effect of Combination of Strength and Specific Skill Training on Performance Variables among College Level Women Basketball Players. To achieve the purpose of the study thirty basketball players were selected as subjects from Bharathiar University Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. The age of the subjects were ranged from 19 to 23 years. The subjects were further classified at random into two equal groups of 15 subjects, Group-I underwent strength with specific skill training and group-II acted as Control Group (CG). Training period limited with three days in a week for six weeks of training. The selected criterion variables dribbling, passing and shooting were assessed by AAHPERD Women Basketball Skill Test before and after the training period. The collected data were statistically analysed by using dependent ‘t’ test. From the results of the study it was found that there was a significant enhancement on dribbling, passing and shooting among women basketball players.