Research Paper
Year: 2022 | Month: March | Volume: 9 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 89-95
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220311
Effectiveness of Plyometric Exercises to Improve Speed and Agility in Young Beginner Swimmers: A Randomized Control Trial
Vidhi Soni1, Dr. Nidhi Vedawala2
1Intern, 2Tutor, Nootan College of Physiotherapy, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Nidhi Vedawala
ABSTRACT
Background: Swimming is a great sport enjoyed by all age group at all level of ability that combines upper and lower limb strength. It could be a recreational and extremely competitive sport which requires a high level of training and performance. There is various power and stamina based exercise in order to increase performance of athlete as per their physical properties. Plyometric exercise, as it is a type of exercise which helps work every muscle of an athlete used as an effective method in increasing power and speed capacity of athlete. It involves quick, explosive movement designed to increase speed, agility, balance, co-ordination and power.
Objective: The aim of the study is to analyze the effects of plyometric exercises to get better speed and agility improvement in young beginner swimmers.
Study design: A randomized controlled trial
Methods: In a 6-week study, 30 young beginner male swimmers were studied. They were divided into 2 groups by a simple random sampling (Lottery method); Group A: Plyometric exercise program and Group B: Control. Pre and post treatment data was collected and analyzed using SPSS 22.0. Paired and unpaired t test were used to find out the significance of the treatment.
Results: A significant improvement in Speed and Agility (p<0.05) after the treatment were found. Greater statistical significant improvement was seen in Group A as compared to Group B.
Conclusion: The study concluded that Plyometric exercises are effective to improve speed and agility in young beginner swimmers.
Keywords: Plyometric, Speed, Agility, Swimming, Beginners.
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