Abstract:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a basketball specific endurance circuit training on aerobic capacity and heart rate of high school male basketball players. To achieve the purpose of the study twenty four (24) male high school basketball players were selected from Neyveli Lignite Corporation Sports School, Neyveli and St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Manjakuppam, Cuddalore. These subjects were randomly distributed into two groups namely basketball specific endurance circuit training group (N=12) and control group (N=12). The mean age of the selected players was 16.85 ± 0.67. Aerobic capacity, resting heart rate and peak heart rate were selected as criterion variables. Aerobic capacity was measured by multistage fitness test and resting and peak heart rate was measured using polar heart rate monitor. The basketball specific endurance circuit training was administered 3 days per week for six week. They performed 2 minutes of work at 90 to 95% of targeted heart rate using Karvonen method. They performed 8 repetitions during first and second week, followed by 10 repetitions during third and fourth week and 12 repetitions during fifth and sixth week of training. This was followed by 2 minutes of active resting at 60 to 70% of targeted heart rate. In this study 1:1 work rest ratio was followed. Both the groups were tested before and after training, the collected data was analysed using ANCOVA. The result of the study showed that aerobic capacity, resting heart rate and peak heart rate between the groups was significant, it indicate that after adjusting pre-test scores, there was a significant difference between the two groups on post-test scores. The findings of the study show that significant increase in aerobic capacity and decrease in resting and peak heart rate. It can be concluded that basketball specific endurance circuit training is effective in improving aerobic capacity and increases the cardiovascular fitness of male high school boys during competitive phase. Keywords:Endurance, Circuit training, resting heart rate, peak heart rate, aerobic capacity. IntroductionTraditionally, the coaches and trainers have planned conditioning programs for their teams by following regimens used by teams that have successful win-loss records. This type of reasoning is not sound because win-loss records alone do not scientifically validate the conditioning programs used by the successful teams. In fact, the successful team might be victorious by virtue of its superior athletes and not its outstanding conditioning program. Without question, the planning of an effective athletic conditioning program can best be achieved by the application of proven physiological training principles. Optimizing training programs for athletes is important because failure to properly condition an athletic team results in a poor performance and often defeat.The importance of developing good conditioning programs based on the specific physiological demands of each sport is considered a key factor to success [1...

The purpose of the study was to compare the speed and agility between handball and volleyball players of Annamalai University. We have selected thirty (30) male students who play either handball or Volleyball from Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University. These subjects were equally classified into two groups (handball = 15 & Volleyball = 15). The selected subjects were tested on speed by 50 yard dash and agility by shuttle run which was selected as criterion variable. The collected data was analysed using independent t test to find out the significant difference between handball and volleyball players. The result of our study showed that handball players have greater speed than volleyball players (t = 5.82). However, no difference is elicited between handball and volleyball players (t = 0.82). It is concluded that speed and agility plays a vital role in both game, however handball players showed greater speed than volleyball players may be because of intermittent nature and employ sprint during attack and counter attack during the game.

Abstract:The purpose of the present study was to compare anaerobic capacity and fatigue index at different times of the day on male handball players. To achieve the purpose 29 male handball players were selected from Department of physical Education and Sports Sciences, Annamalai University. Anaerobic capacity and fatigue index was measured by Running based anaerobic sprint test (RAST).

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a basketball specific endurance circuit training on body composition and aerobic capacity of high school male basketball players. We have selected twenty four (24) male high school basketball players were selected from Neyveli Lignite Corporation Sports School, Neyveli and St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Manjakuppam, Cuddalore. These subjects were randomly distributed into two groups namely training group (TG: N=12) and control group (CG: N=12). The mean age of the selected players was 16.85 ± 0.67. The selected players had 3.8 ± 3.1 years of playing experience and regularly participate in training prior to the commencement of this study. Body composition and aerobic capacity were selected as dependent variables. Percent body fat, lean body mass, fat mass were measured using skinfold calliper and aerobic capacity through multi stage fitness test. TG is supplemented with basketball specific endurance circuit training was administered 3 days per week for six week. TG and CG were tested before and after six weeks of training. The collected data was evaluated using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The result of the study showed that percent body fat, lean body mass and fat mass between the groups remained unaltered significantly, indicating that after adjusting pre-test scores, there was no significant difference between the two groups on posttest scores. However, aerobic capacity showed significant difference between the group (F = 7.890, p = 0.011) and it elicited 3.29% of changes from pre to post in training group. It is concluded that six weeks of basketball specific endurance circuit training is effective in improving aerobic capacity without altering the body composition of male high school basketball players during competitive phase.

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