• Thangapandian S.
• Dr.P.Sivagnanam

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of plyometric training on agility and explosive strength among soccer players. To achieve the purpose of this study, 20 male intercollegiate soccer players were randomly selected as subjects from various affiliated colleges of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India. Their age were ranged from 19 to 23 years. The selected participants were randomly divided into two groups such as Group ‘I’ underwent plyometric training (n=10) and Group ‘II’ acted as control group (n-10). Group ‘I’ underwent plyometric training for three alternative days and one session per day and each session lasted for 60 minutes for twelve week period. Group ‘II’ was not exposed to any specific training but they were participated in regular activities. The data on agility and explosive strength were collected and administering by Illinois Agility and Sargent Vertical Jump tests. The pre and posttests data were collected on selected criterion variables prior to and immediately after the training programme. The pre and post-test scores were statistically examined by the dependent‘t’ test and Analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA) for each and every selected variables separately. It was concluded that the experimental group had shown significantly improved in agility and explosive strength due to the effect of plyometric training. However the control group had not shown any significant improvement on any of the selected variables such as agility and explosive strength.

Plyometric Training, Agility, Explosive Strength, Soccer Players.

"effect of plyometric training on agility and explosive strength among soccer players", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.445-448, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807416.pdf

"effect of plyometric training on agility and explosive strength among soccer players", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp445-448, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807416.pdf