Author(s): Chintanaboina Lakshmi Devi

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to find out the effects of plyometric training, circuit training and repetition training on resting heart rate among male sprinters. To achieve the purpose of the present study, eighty (N=80) male sprinters of age group between 15 and 19 years, who at least participated school level athletics competition were randomly recruited from various Higher Secondary Schools of Bengaluru and SAI centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka. The sprinters (N=80) were randomly assigned to four equal groups of twenty sprinters each. The groups were treated as Experimental Group I - plyometic training sprinters group (PTS), Experimental Group II - circuit training sprinters group (CTS) and Experimental Group III - repetition training sprinters group (RTS) and Control group sprinters (CGS) in an equivalent manner. The pre test and post test scores were analyzed through analysis using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The results proved that The reaction time of the sprinter was significantly enhanced due to twelve weeks of plyometric training, circuit training and repetition training in the three experimental groups when compared to the non-training group sprinters, i.e. control group. The repetition training group sprinters showed better excels in reaction time performance than circuit training group sprinters and plyometric training group sprinters. Further, circuit training group sprinters are better than plyometric training group sprinters in enhancing reaction time.

DOI: 10.33545/27077012.2025.v6.i2c.349

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