EFFECTS OF DOUBLE FOOT JUMP ROPE AND SWITCHING FOOT JUMP ROPE PROGRAMS TOWARDS THE ENDURANCE OF THE CIRCULATORY AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS OF FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT BANGKAEW PRACHASAN SCHOOL

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) study the effects of the jump rope program on endurance of circulatory and respiratory systems of high school female students and 2) compare the results of the double foot jump rope and switching foot jump rope program on the endurance of circulatory and respiratory systems. The sample group was 90 female high school students at Bangkaew Prachasan School. The research tool was a 1,600 meter long distance test taken from the physical fitness norms and test for Thai children aged 7- 18 years, Department of Physical Education, to measure endurance of the circulatory and respiratory systems. The double foot jump rope and switching foot jump rope programs created by the researcher were based on the principles of FITT as a guideline to create the training program. The training took 8 weeks, 3 days a week. The intensity of the training program was set up and gradually increased for, both jump ropes from light to heavy. The data analysis was conducted in percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and F-test (one-way analysis of variance). The results were found that 1) endurance of the circulatory and respiratory systems of the group trained with the double foot jump rope program and the group trained with the switching foot jump rope program after the 8th week of training was significantly higher than that before training at the level of .05; 2) endurance of the circulatory and respiratory systems after the 8th week if training between the group trained with the double foot jump rope program and the group trained with the switching foot jump rope program was not significantly different at .05 level.