Effect of Interval Training on Selected Fitness Variable among Athletes

Abstract

The objective of the research was to determine how interval training affected some performance-related fitness variables in athletes. Thirty athletes from schools in the Tiruchirappalli region were chosen at random to serve as subjects. The pupils were between the ages of 14 and 16. The chosen participants were split into two groups: the interval training group and the control group. Group A received interval training twice a week for eight weeks. Group B served as the control group; they went about their regular business as usual and did not participate in any unique activities. The 50-yard sprint and vertical leap tests were used to evaluate the performance-related fitness variables that were chosen, namely power and speed. Each subject’s data were gathered both before and after the training period and statistically analysed using the Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to determine the significant difference between the experimental and control groups on each variable separately, and the dependent “t” test to determine the significant improvement on chosen criterion variables. All the cases To test the hypotheses, a fixed level of confidence of 0.05 was used. It was discovered that the athletes’ performance-related fitness variable significantly improved in the interval training group. On a few performance-related fitness variables, it was discovered that there was a substantial difference between the interval training and control groups.