Effects of Circuit Resistance Training and Super Circuit Resistance Training on Speed

The aim of the study was to find out the effects of circuit resistance training and super circuit resistance training on speed. For this purpose, forty five inter-collegiate players from MG University, kottayam Kerala was selected as subjects at random. The age of the players ranged from 18 to 24 years. The selected players were divided into two experimental groups and a control group. In the experimental group, the first group (n = 15, CRT) perform the circuit resistance training, the second group (n = 15, SCRT) perform the super circuit resistance training and third group (n = 15 CG) acted as the control group. In the study, two different training approaches were adopted as independent variables, i.e., circuit resistance training (CRT) and super circuit resistance training (SCRT). The speed was chosen as a criterion variable and it was tested by 50 meters run test and measured in seconds. The pre and post test random group design was used. Ancova was used to find out significant adjusted post test mean difference of three groups with respect to speed and Scheffe's post hoc test was used to find out pair-wise comparisons between groups with respect to speed. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant difference among the experimental and control group on speed, responses to twelve weeks of training intervention incorporated in the present study.