Effect of Varied Pace Training on Selected Physical Fitness Parameters among Cricket Players

Abstract

The study’s goal was to investigate how different training tempos affected cricket players’ strength endurance and cardiopulmonary endurance. Thirty cricket players from AVC College in Mayiladuthurai were chosen as study subjects. There were two equal groups formed out of them. Every group comprised the fifteen participants. For twelve weeks, Group I received training at varying speeds three days a week. Group II served as the control group and was not subjected to any additional training beyond their usual physical education curriculum. Strength endurance and cardio-respiratory endurance were the variables that were chosen as criteria. Prior to and right after the training programme, all of the participants in the two groups underwent tests on specific dependent variables, such as strength endurance and cardio respiratory endurance, using bend-knee situps and Cooper’s 12-minute run/walk test, respectively. To determine whether there was a significant difference between the groups, the analysis of covariance was employed. The significance level for testing the ‘F’ ratio derived from the analysis of covariance was set at the.05 level of confidence, which was deemed suitable. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference between varied pace training group and control group on strength endurance and cardio respiratory endurance. And also it was found that there was a significant improvement on selected criterion variables such as strength endurance and cardio respiratory endurance due to varied pace training.