CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE AND PLYOMETRIC EXERCISE : IMPACT ON WOMEN VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Abstract: Volleyball is a competitive and recreational sport for school and College women. The purpose of the study was to effects of Plyometric exercise on Cardiovascular Endurance in Women Volleyball players. The 25 volleyball players were selected for sample size of the study and their age ranged between 20 -25 years. Only training was given to the experimental groups. Exclusion criteria were the presence of chronic medical conditions such as asthma, heart disease or any other condition that would put the subjects at risk when performing the experimental tests. The Plyometric exercise training program was planned as 12 weeks 4 day a week and 30 minutes in a day. The Plyometrics exercise includes Front Box Jump, Lateral Box Jump, Weighted Lateral Jumps, Broad Jumps,Skater Jumps, Scissor Jumps, Dot Drill,Lateral Box Shuffles, Abdominal muscular endurance was measured by performing the 1-minute bent knee sit-up test . The result reveals that Plyometric exercise improve Cardiovascular Endurance in female volleyball players.

Keywords: Plyometric exercise, Volleyball, Women, Cardiovascular Endurance