Effectiveness of 6 Weeks Plyometric Training on Agility Among University Male Students.
Condition: Sports Physical Therapy
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Plyometrics is a kind of exercise training that focuses on increasing muscular power by
      varying the pace and force of various motions. Plyometrics training can help you enhance your
      physical performance and ability to do a variety of tasks. Pushups, throwing, sprinting,
      leaping, and kicking are just a few examples of plyometric activities. Plyometrics are
      commonly used by athletes, although these routines may be done by anybody. Plyometrics are
      used by people in physical therapy after an accident or injury to get back into form and
      physical function. Speed, explosive power, coordination, and particular sports skills may all
      be improved with agility training. Agility training routines can benefit players of all
      levels, from high school to professional sports teams. Include these drills in your training
      regimen a few times a week to improve your foot speed and sports technique.
    

Detailed description: 
      The ability of the neuromuscular and musculoskeletal systems to generate force at a specific
      velocity, in a particular direction, appears to be critical for many sports that involve
      sprinting, jumping and throwing. In light of the above, plyometric training can be used to
      enhance the ability of skeletal muscle to exert maximal force in as short a time as possible.
      Plyometric training typically includes various unilateral and bilateral jumps, hops and
      bounds with coaches often prescribing these in a multidirectional fashion to reflect the
      unpredictable nature of field and court sports. The rationale of this approach is founded on
      the well-accepted principle that adaptations to vertically (VPT) and horizontally orientated
      PT will transfer better to athletic tasks that are carried out in the same direction as they
      are performed. Plyometric consists of a rapid stretching of a muscle (eccentric action)
      immediately followed by a concentric or shortening action of the same muscle and connective
      tissue, the stored elastic energy within the muscle is used to produce more force than can be
      provided by a concentric action alone. Though aerobic capacity is important during a soccer
      game high-intensity single-bout efforts also play an important role for physical performance.
      in this sense, aside from endurance activity, female soccer players must also perform
      numerous explosive action including jumping, kicking, accelerating, decelerating and changing
      of direction, with most of these preceding goal opportunities in competitive leagues.
      specifically, the straight sprint (45%) followed by vertical jumps (16%) have shown to be the
      two most frequent actions in goal situations during professional soccer matches. Studies also
      suggest that changes in motor performance skills resulting from the performance of combined
      resistance training and plyometric training are greater than with either type of training
      alone. Six weeks of combined resistance training and plyometric training would lead to
      greater improvements in fitness performance in healthy boys than resistance training and
      static stretching. Plyometric training has been proposed for the development of explosive
      power performance and specifically for the improvement of vertical jump ability. he main
      finding of this study was the improvement of either vertical- and horizontal jump performance
      in basketball players as a consequence of a multipurpose plyometric training intervention.
    

Intervention name(s): Intervention; Control Group
Intervention type(s): Other; Other
Intervention description(s): Interventional group will receive 6 weeks of plyometric training and receive training for week and three sessions in a week.; Control group will follow their daily routine activities and may involve in any other exercise program rather than plyometric exercises.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Supportive Care
Keywords: T test,; Ilinois agility test,; Plyometric training