THE EFFECTS OF CIRCUIT TRAINING PROGRAM ON AGILITY IN MALE VARSITY VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS
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Purpose
The current study aimed to determine and compare the effects of circuit training programs on agility in male varsity volleyball players.
Methods
Forty male varsity volleyball players, aged 19-22 years old, from volleyball club of Thailand National Sports University, Sisaket Campus, were recruited for participation. They were randomly allocated by the Illinois agility test scores into two groups including a circuit training group (n=20) and control group (n=20). Agility was measured before and after intervention by Semo test. The circuit training consisting of 8 stations including (1) lateral skater jump with quick flip jump (2) single leg high knee (3) step-box and jump (4) hexagon (5) step high knee with resistance bands (6) agility ladder drills straddle hops (7) three shuttle run and (8) nine – square 20 sec was applied to the participants for 3 days a week for a total of 8 weeks while the control group followed a regular training program. A paired sample T-test was used to compare the data within the group while independent sample T-test was employed to compare the data between groups. The statistical significance of all tests was set at P-value < 0.05.
Results
After 8 weeks of training, it was found that the mean agility of male volleyball players before training was 18.01±1.01 seconds and after training was 16.36±0.42 seconds, which was significantly different from before training at the .05 level. When comparing groups after training, it was found that the experimental group trained with the circuit training program had a faster mean agility than the control group at the .05 level.
Conclusion
Results 8 weeks of circuit training program helps develop Improved agility in male volleyball players.
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