EFFECT OF VARIED PACKAGES OF STRENGTH TRAINING ON EXPLOSIVE POWER OF FEMALE ATHLETES

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of varied packages of strength training on explosive power of female athletes. To achieve the purpose of this study, seventy five female athletes was randomly selected from St. Joseph Southern Railway sports club athletes, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, The age of the subjects ranged from 18 to 22 years. Group-I underwent plyometric training, Group-II underwent barbell training, Group-III underwent uphill training, Group-IV underwent circuit training and group-V acted as control who does not participate in any training programme. The data collected from the five groups prior to and post experimentation were statistically analyzed by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Since five different groups were involved whenever, the “F” ratio for adjusted post mean was found to be significant, the Scheffe’s test followed as a post hoc test to determine the paired means difference. The result of the study stated that there was a significant improvement on explosive power of the varied packages of strength training groups when compared to the control group.