INFLUENCE OF EXERCISE SPECIFICITY ON DEPTH JUMP PERFORMANCE

SINGH, D.; SINGH, S. Influence of exercise specificity on depth jump performance. Brazilian Journal of Biomotricity. v. 6, n. 4, p. 261-268, 2012. The present study investigated the influence of exercise specificity on depth Jump Performance of Male Athletes. To achieve the purpose of the study, 80 physical education students with their age ranged between 18-21 years whose mean depth jump performance was 17.44 + 2.02 inches from 18 inches high box were purposively selected to act as subjects. They were randomly assigned to vertical depth jump training; horizontal depth jump training; combination of both and Control group. Experimental groups performed 6-sets of 10-repetitions of depth jumps per set for twice a week for ten weeks from a height of 20 centimeters progressed to 40 centimeters according to step method. Depth jump was measured before and after 10 weeks. Analysis of Covariance was applied to find out the significant differences among various groups. A pair-wise comparison was done by using the Scheffe’s post-hoc test and the alpha level was set at 0.05. Results showed significant improvement in three experimental groups while comparing with control group. Vertical training group improved significantly as compared to horizontal and combination training groups whereas the comparison of results with regard to horizontal training group and combination training group was found insignificant. The above results revealed that the depth jump performance is influenced by exercise specificity.