EFFECT OF 12 WEEKS SPECIFIC CONDITIONING PROGRAMME ON MOTOR FITNESS OF TRIPURA CRICKETERS

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of 12 weeks specific conditioning programme on motor fitness (power, speed, agility, balance – lengthwise & crosswise, and reaction time – hand & foot) among selected Tripura cricketers. Pre test – post test randomized group design were undertaken for the present study which consist of an experimental group and control group. Equal number of subjects (n= 30) were assigned randomly to both the groups. The experimental group was exposed to 12 weeks specific conditioning programme whereas, no treatment was given to control group. For the purpose of the present research work a total of 60 Cricketers were randomly selected for the present research work. The age of the subjects were ranging from 19 years to 31 years. The average age was being 25 years. Motor fitness was selected as a dependent variable and 12 weeks specific conditioning programme was considered as an independent variable. The data was analyzed by applying analysis of co-variance and post hoc test was used to draw appropriate conclusions and to find out the effect of 12 weeks of specific conditioning programme on motor fitness variables among selected Tripura cricketers. The significance level was set at 0.05. The results indicated that there was significant difference found in experimental group – A selected Tripura state cricketers on motor fitness variables in comparison to control group. The findings of this study strongly showed that 12 weeks specific conditioning programme was an effective training tool to improve cricketers' motor fitness abilities.