EFFECT OF INTERVAL TRAINING ON SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL VARIABLES OF BADMINTON PLAYERS

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of Interval training on selected physiological and biochemical variables of badminton players. To achieve this purpose, 30 badminton players studying in various classes were randomly selected as subjects from the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University. The age of the subjects were ranged from 18 to 25 years. The subjects were further classified at random into two equal groups of 15 subjects each. Group – I (experimental group) underwent interval training for three days per week for twelve weeks and group - II acted as control. The selected criterion variables namely breath holding time, resting pulse rate and total cholesterol were assessed before and after the training period. The collected data were statistically analysed by using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). From the results of the study it was found that there was a significant difference on breath holding time, resting pulse rate and total cholesterol among the interval training group when compared with the control group.