• Gururaj S.
• Dr.S.Arumugam

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of interval training in varied surfaces (Clay and Kabaddi floor mat) on agility and reaction time among kabaddi players. To achieve the purpose of this study, 30 male kabaddi players were randomly selected as participants from RVS group of Institutions, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India. Their age ranged from 18 to 22 years. The selected participants were randomly divided into three groups such as Group ‘I’ underwent interval training in clay court (n=10), Group ‘II’ underwent interval training in Kabaddi floor mat (n=10) and Group ‘III’ acted as control group (n-10). Group ‘I’ and Group ‘II’ underwent interval training in their respective surfaces such as clay and Kabaddi floor mat for three alternative days and one session per day, and each session lasted about 45 minutes for twelve weeks of period. Group ‘III’ was not exposed to any specific training but they were participated in regular activities. The data on agility and reaction time were collected and administering by Illinois Agility and Reaction Timer Tests. The pre and post tests data were collected on selected criterion variables prior to and immediately after the training programmes. The pre and post tests scores were statistically examined by the dependent‘t’ test, Analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA), Whenever the ‘F’ ratio for adjusted post-test means was found to be significant, Scheffe’s post hoc test was followed to determine which of the paired means difference was significant. In all the cases 0.05 level of confidence was fixed as a level of significant. It was concluded that the interval training in clay court and interval training in Kabaddi floor mat groups had shown significantly improved in agility and reaction time. However the control group had not shown any significant improvement on any of the selected variables such as agility and reaction time.

Interval Training, Clay Court, Kabaddi Floor Mat, Agility, Reaction Time.

"Effect of Interval Training in Varied Surfaces on Agility and Reaction Time among Kabaddi Players", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.399-404, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806179.pdf

"Effect of Interval Training in Varied Surfaces on Agility and Reaction Time among Kabaddi Players", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp399-404, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806179.pdf