Efficacy of aerobic exercises on agility among women volleyball players

The purpose of the study was to find out the efficacy of aerobic exercises on agility among collegiate level women volleyball players. To achieve the purpose of the study 45 women volleyball players who had represented intercollegiate level games, from various Colleges of Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Srivilliputur, Tamil Nadu, India, were selected as subject. The age of the selected subjects were ranged from 18 to 22 years. The selected subjects (N=45) were classified into three equal groups of fifteen each (n=15) at random. Group-I underwent moderate intensity aerobic training, group-II underwent high intensity aerobic training and group-III acted as control. The duration of the training period was restricted to eight weeks and the number of sessions per week was confined to three. Control group was restricted to participate in any specific training programme. The data was collected on agility from the experimental and control groups two days before and two days after the training programme. The collected data were statistically analyzed by means of Analysis of Covariance to interpret the influence of different intensities of aerobic training on agility. In all the cases the level of confidence was fixed at 0.05 for significance. The result of the study reveals that due to the eight weeks of moderate and high intensity aerobic training, agility of the subjects were significantly improved. However, no significant differences existed between moderate and high intensity aerobic training groups in altering agility.