International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education

Authors
Ajayaghosh MV

Abstract
Explosiveness is a must have ability in the modern football. Plyometrics is indispensable to accomplish the extreme performance of a soccer player. Therefore, soccer players should opt different type of training methods to develop the explosiveness. This research aims to assess whether is there any effect of 12 weeks aquatic plyometric training on selected physical parameters among male soccer players. To accomplish the purpose of the current study thirty soccer players who were active in-game age ranged from 20 to 25 years old randomly selected from University of Madras. They are randomly divided and employed into two equal groups, consist of 15 members each. Group-I had Given an hour package of aquatic plyometric training, and Group-II was control which had not received any unique pieces of exercise apart from the regular activities. The Aquatic Plyometric training has selected as the independent variable. Speed and Explosive leg power have chosen as dependent variables, and all dependent variables measured by standardized test item as 50 meters Dash and Sargent Jump. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) would be applied to find out the significant mean differences. In all the cases, the 0.05 level of confidence has fixed to test the level of significance. The results of the study exposed that the experimental group had finished a significant difference in all the selected variables such as Speed and Explosive leg power to compare the control group. Hence it was concluded that Aquatic Plyometric training enhanced Speed and Explosive leg power among Soccer players.