Effect of an exercises program with Swiss ball on selected co-ordinative abilities in inter university basketball players

Abstract

Aim. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of an exercises program with Swiss ball on selected co-ordinative abilities in inter university basketball players.
Materials and Methods. The researcher utilized the experimental method on a sample of (24) male basketball players (mean±SD): age=21.54±1.57 years, height=1.782± 0.053 m, body mass= 66.205±5.41kg) The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Directorate of Sport in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India. All participants were informed about the study aim and methodology as well as about the possibility of immediate acceptance at any time of the experimentation. Subjects agreed to the above conditions in writing. They were randomly assigned into two groups: A (Training Group) and B (Control Group), n=12 each. The subjects from training group were subjected to 5 weeks of Swiss ball exercises program. This lasted 5 weeks and consisted of daily sessions, lasting 45 min each.
Results and conclusion. The coordinative abilities significantly improved in training group as compared with the control one. The Swiss ball exercises program may be recommended to improve coordinative abilities and may contribute to enhance concentration based performance.

Key words:

Swiss ball, co-ordinative abilities, basketball players