EFFECT OF CONTINUOUS RUNNING TRAINING ON SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES OF BALL BADMINTON PLAYERS

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of continuous running training on selected physiological variables of ball badminton players. To achieve this purpose, 30 ball 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 continuous running training with different intensities for three days per week for twelve weeks and group - II acted as control. The selected criterion variables namely breathe holding time, resting pulse rate and vital capacity 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 vital capacity among the continuous running training group when compared with the control group.