International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development

Authors
Adengada A Kushalappa, Dr. S Suthakar

Abstract
The purpose of present study was to find out the effect of Basketball Specific Training on explosive power among intercollegiate men Basketball players of Mangalore University. For this purpose, thirty men basketball players in the age group of 18 - 25 years were selected as subjects. The selected subjects were divided into two equal groups, in which, Group-I: Basketball Specific Training Group (BSTG) (n=15) underwent specific training and Group–II: Control Group (CG) (n=15) acted as control group in which they did not participate in any training but allowed to take part in their regular basketball training and playing programme. The training programme was carried out for this study was five days per week for twelve weeks. Prior to and after the training period the subjects were tested for explosive power. These were assessed by administering Vertical Jump test respectively. The statistical tool used for the present study was ‘t’ test. After applying the ‘t’test, it was found that there was significant improvement in the selected explosive power for Basketball Specific Training Group when compared with control group. Based on the results it was concluded that the Basketball Specific Training was significantly improved the Explosive power of male basketball players.