Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a basketball specific endurance circuit training on body composition and aerobic capacity of high school male basketball players. We have selected twenty four (24) male high school basketball players were selected from Neyveli Lignite Corporation Sports School, Neyveli and St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Manjakuppam, Cuddalore. These subjects were randomly distributed into two groups namely training group (TG: N=12) and control group (CG: N=12). The mean age of the selected players was 16.85 ± 0.67. The selected players had 3.8 ± 3.1 years of playing experience and regularly participate in training prior to the commencement of this study. Body composition and aerobic capacity were selected as dependent variables. Percent body fat, lean body mass, fat mass were measured using skinfold calliper and aerobic capacity through multi stage fitness test. TG is supplemented with basketball specific endurance circuit training was administered 3 days per week for six week. TG and CG were tested before and after six weeks of training. The collected data was evaluated using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The result of the study showed that percent body fat, lean body mass and fat mass between the groups remained unaltered significantly, indicating that after adjusting pre-test scores, there was no significant difference between the two groups on posttest scores. However, aerobic capacity showed significant difference between the group (F = 7.890, p = 0.011) and it elicited 3.29% of changes from pre to post in training group. It is concluded that six weeks of basketball specific endurance circuit training is effective in improving aerobic capacity without altering the body composition of male high school basketball players during competitive phase.

Keywords

Basketball, Body composition, Aerobic capacity, Percent body fat, Lean body mass, Fat mass,

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