EFFECT OF UNDERWATER TRAINING ON THE BREATH HOLDING ABILITY OF KABADDI PLAYERS

Physical Education

Purpose: Mastery of respiratory control is an essential proficiency for raiders in Kabaddi, especially during intense struggle. As a result, during practice sessions, kabaddi players frequently engage in breath-holding exercises, also referred to as dry holds. In this study the researchers want to investigate the effect of underwater training on the breath holding ability of Kabaddi players. Methods: Thirty male state level Kabaddi players from Amravati, Maharashtra were randomly selected as subjects. The age of the subjects ranged from 12 to 18 years. The researchers equally divided the subjects into two groups: the experimental group (15) and the control group (15). Treatment was given through underwater training to the experimental group only, and the training period was restricted to six- weeks as it was considered adequate. To analyse the data, descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviation, range minimum score, maximum score, standard error, Skewness, and kurtosis were employed. The researchers used a dependent t-test to determine the significant difference between the pre-test and post-test of each group. An independent t-test was used to test the hypothesis. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Result: Findings indicated that there is a significant difference among the pre and post-test means (t = 6.081) of the experimental group but no significant difference among the pre and post-test means (t = 1.930) of the control group for the variable breath holding ability. The data also revealed no significant difference between the post-test means (t = 1.851) of the experimental and control groups for the variable breath holding ability. This indicated a lesser effect of underwater training on breath holding ability.

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