Abstract:
Purpose of the study
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Plyometrics exercise on Calf muscle circumference of Collegiate Basketball players.
Target Population:
Total 60 Basketball considered as an experimental group and 60 Basketball considered control group for the present study. The experimental group was given the Plyometrics training and no training was given to the control group.
Training Program
The duration of training program was six weeks. The training was administrated on alternative days i.e. four days per week. The data was collected before and at the end of six weeks training program, with the help of steel tape. The criterion measures were recorded in centimeters.
Results
To find out the significant effect of Plyometrics training on the Calf muscle circumference t-test was employed and mean difference between pretest and posttest of experimental group and control group was determined. Results of this study showed significant effect of Plyometrics training on Calf muscle circumference was found.