Effects of Silambam and Karate with Yogic Training on Agility and Arm Explosive Power of Collegiate Male Students

The purpose of the study was to find out the effects of silambam and karate with yogic training on agility and arm explosive power of collegiate male students. 100 students were selected from Karpagam University as a subject for this study. The subjects age: body weight; height (21 ± 2.3 years; 65 ± 5.4; 166 ± 4.5 cm) respectively. The subjects were randomly divided into five equal groups with each group consisting of 20 subjects. Group-I underwent silambam training, Group-II underwent karate training. Group – III underwent silambam with yogic training, Group – IV underwent karate with yogic training, Group- V act as control group, they were not given any special treatment.  The experimental period was 12 weeks. Pre-test and posttest were taken before and after the training programme. The selected physical variables were agility and arm explosive power. During the intervention phase, a modified training program was offered by a well-trained silambam coaches to the experimental group under the supervision of the researcher at Karpagam University in Tamilnadu. All participants were encouraged to continue their standard physical activities and routine procedures. The intervention phase 12 weeks and included evening 60 minutes silambam, karate and yogic coaching classes for five days in a week. To find out the significant Effects of silambam karate with yogic training on selected physical variable of agility and arm explosive power. The ANCOVA statistical technique was used to find the mean difference between the groups on physical variables of agility and arm explosive power. The results of the study revealed a significant group × test interaction (p < 0.05). Follow-up analyses indicated that while group differences in physical variables existed between the five groups of the pre-test. In posttest all the experimental groups were found to have significantly (p < 0.05) better performance on the physical variables than the control group. The findings of the present study suggest that silambam with yogic training improved the physical variables on agility and arm explosive power of collegiate Male silambam players.