International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Health 2022; 9(3): 167-169

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Impact of swiss ball exercise on selected physical fitness
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parameters of adolescent girls basketball players
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Received: 09-03-2022
Accepted: 21-04-2022 Dr. AS Logeswaran, G Pushpa, Dr. RG Giridharaprasath and Dr. J
Nirendan
Dr. AS Logeswaran
Assistant Professor, Department
of Physical Education, Abstract
Bharathiar University, This study was designed to investigate the impact of swiss ball exercise on selected physical fitness
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India parameters of adolescent girls. To achieve the purpose of the study 30 adolescent girls’ basketball players
were selected from Alvernia matriculation higher secondary school. The subjects was randomly assigned
G Pushpa to two equal groups (n=15). Group- I underwent swiss ball exercise training (SE) and Group - II was
Master of Physical Education, acted as control group (CG). The training was given to the experimental group for 3 days per week
Department of Physical (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) for the period of six weeks. The control group was not be given any
Education, Bharathiar sort of training except their routine work. The physical fitness parameters were muscular strength (sit
University, Coimbatore, Tamil ups), flexibility (sit and reach), balance (stoke balance test), agility (4x10 shuttle run). The data collected
Nadu, India from the subjects was statistically analyzed with ‘t’ ratio to find out significant improvement if any at
0.05 level of confidence. The result of the muscular strength, flexibility, balance, and agility improved
Dr. RG Giridharaprasath
significantly due to impact of swiss ball exercise with the limitations of (diet, climate, life style) status
Guest Faculty, Department of
Physical Education, Bharathiar and previous training the result of the present study coincide findings of the investigation done by
University, Coimbatore, Tamil different experts in the field of sports sciences. Swiss ball exercise training significantly improved
Nadu, India muscular strength, flexibility, balance, and agility of adolescent girls basketball players.

Dr. J Nirendan Keywords: Swiss ball exercise, muscular strength, flexibility, balance, agility
Guest Faculty, Department of
Physical Education, Bharathiar Introduction
University, Coimbatore, Tamil
Nadu, India
Basketball is a very physically demanding sport. Muscle strength important basketball because
while gaining strength, speed and endurance you are also tendon and ligaments which will
reduce the changes of injuries, such as sprain and tears. One of the main benefits of
strengthening your core is increased balance and in stability. A strong core consists of muscles
that work together in coordination to stabilize and support your body. Having strong core
stabilizers enables you to maximize strength in your arms and legs. Upper body strength and
even fingertip strength all dictate how well you shoot the basketball. Developing muscle
strength in your shoulders, wrists and fingertips will allow you to shoot the ball from further
away with greater accuracy and less effort. Grip strength is extremely important for basketball
players and should be a focal point of a player's basketball training, simply stated, the stronger
your hands are the better you are going to be at handling the basketball because stronger hands
will give you a better feel for the ball and more control over it.
The hypothesis argued in this paper is that adolescent girls basketball players can significantly
increase the physical fitness parameters of muscular strength, flexibility, balance, agility by
combining normal technical and tactical sessions with a swiss ball exercise program over a
consecutive 6 weeks period. Therefore, the object of this study was to investigate the changes
in the parameters produced during 6 weeks of swiss ball exercise training in 15 adolescent
girls basketball players.

Methods
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Experimental Approach to the Problem
Dr. AS Logeswaran
Assistant Professor, Department In order to address the hypothesis presented herein, we selected 30 adolescent girls basketball
of Physical Education, players were selected from Alvernia matriculation higher secondary school. The subjects were
Bharathiar University, randomly assigned in to two equal groups, namely, swiss ball exercise training group (n=15)
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India and control group (n=15).
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The respective training was given to the experimental group Training programme
the 3 days per week (alternate days) for the training period of The training programme was lasted for 45 minutes for session
six weeks. The control group was not given any sort of in a day, 3 days in a week for a period of 6 weeks duration.
training except their routine. These 45 minutes included 10 minutes warm up, 15 swiss ball
exercise for 25 minutes and 10 minutes warm down. Every
Design three weeks of training 5% of intensity of load was increased
The evaluated physical fitness parameters muscular strength from 65% to 80% of work load. The volume of swiss ball
assessed were by sit ups test and the unit of measurement was exercise training is prescribed based on the number of sets
in counts, flexibility were assessed by sit and reach the unit of and repetitions.
measurement was in centimeters and balance were assessed
by stoke balance test the unit of measurement was in seconds Statistical analysis
and agility were assessed by 4x10mts shuttle run the unit of The collected data on above said variables due to the impact
measurement was in seconds. The parameters were measured of swiss ball exercise was statistically analyzed with ‘t’ test to
at baseline and after 6 weeks of swiss ball training were find out the significant Improvement between pre and post
examined. test. In all cases the criterion for statistical significance was
set at 0.05 level of confidence. (P< 0.05)

Table 1: Computation of t ratio on selected physical fitness parameters of adolescent girls basketball players on experimental group
Experimental Group
Mean N Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean T ratio
Pre test 24.73 15 0.96 0.26
Muscular strength 12.25*
Post test 28.00 15 1.46 0.26
Pre test 16.88 15 0.67 0.20
Flexibility 17.58*
Post test 20.44 15 20.44 0.20
Pre test 4.33 15 0.72 0.09
Balance 12.47*
Post test 5.46 15 0.74 0.09
Pre test 26.37 15 0.96 0.12
Agility 16.33*
Post test 24.32 15 0.91 0.12
*significant level 0.05 level (degree of freedom 2.14,1 and 14)

Table II reveals the computation of mean, standard deviation 12.47and 16.33 respectively. The required table value was
and ‘t’ ratio on selected physical fitness parameters, namely 2.14 for the degrees of freedom 14 at the 0.05 level of
muscular strength, flexibility, balance, and agility of significance. Since the obtained t values were greater than the
experimental group. The obtained ‘t’ ratio on muscular table value it was found statistically significant.
strength, flexibility, balance, and agility were 12.25, 17.58,

Table 2: Computation of t ratio on selected physical fitness parameters of adolescent girls basketball players on control group
Control Group
T ratio
Mean N Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean
Pre test 24.46 15 0.83 0.10
Muscular strength 1.87
Post test 24.26 15 0.88 0.10
Pre test 16.64 15 0.62 0.06
Flexibility 2.06
Post test 16.51 15 0.66 0.06
Pre test 4.26 15 0.70 0.90
Balance 1.46
Post test 4.13 15 0.63 0.90
Pre test 26.33 15 0.93 0.06
Agility 1.68
Post test 26.22 15 1.00 0.06
*significant level 0.05 level (degree of freedom 2.14,1 and 14)

Table I reveals the computation of mean, standard deviation and 1.68 respectively. The required table value was 2.14 for
and ‘t’ ratio on selected physical fitness parameters, namely the degrees of freedom 14 at the 0.05 level of significance.
muscular strength, flexibility, balance, and agility of Since the obtained t values were greater than the table value it
experimental group. The obtained ‘t’ ratio on muscular was found statistically significant.
strength, flexibility, balance, and agility were 1.87, 2.06, 1.46

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Fig 1: Bar diagram showing the mean value on selected physical fitness parameters of adolescent girls basketball players on experimental and
control group

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