Effects of Calisthenic Exercises on Physical Fitness Component of Speed among Players of Racket Game

Abstract

The purpose of conducting this study is to investigate the effect of calisthenics exercises onthe physical fitness component of speed among various racket game players. For this study, randomly 30male players were selected as participants from Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education,North East Regional Centre, Guwahati, Assam, with their age ranging between 18 to 22 years from theracket sports specialization groups of badminton, tennis, table tennis. The total number of subjects werefurther divided into two groups with 15 subjects in each group i.e., experimental control group. Theexperimental group was given calisthenic training program for six weeks whereas the control group notgiven any calisthenic training. Pre-test was conducted for all 30 subjects selected prior to theimplementation of the training, then the calisthenic exercises training was imparted for 6 weeks for thricea week with a session duration of 45 minutes.The training period was concluded by conducting Posttestfor both the groups, i.e., experimental group (N=15) and control group (N=15).The data collected were putto statistical analysis, two-way ANOVA was employed as a measure for present data and tested at 0.05level of significance along with descriptive statistics of Mean and Standard Deviation. The resultsrevealed that in the variable of speed there was significant differences seen in the test scores, whereas,no significant difference was seen between the experimental and control group.