Effects of Plyometric Training on Physical Fitness and Technical Skills in Young Male Volleyball Players.

Physical Fitness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Plyometric Training on Physical Fitness and Technical Skills in Young Male Volleyball Players.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06212856
• Other study ID #: 014245
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 15, 2023
• Est. completion date: May 25, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: Riphah International University
• Contact: Waqar Ahmed Awan, PhD
• Phone: +923335348846
• Email: waqar.ahmed[@]riphah.edu.pk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to find the effectiveness of Plyometric training on Physical fitness and Technical skills of young male volleyball players. Players would be taken from Prime Sports Academy and Prime Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad and a well-designed Plyometric training plan will be implied on them for 8 weeks. After the time span, the result would be compared to check the effectiveness of the training plan.

Description:

Volleyball, invented by William Morgan in 1895, boasts a global participation of approximately 500 million people, making it a dynamic and fast-paced sport with diverse technical, tactical, and athletic demands. The game places high requirements on players' speed, agility, power, and strength. In the Netherlands, it is one of the most played team sports, with over 12,500 athletes participating. Volleyball is considered safer than other sports like football, handball, and basketball. Plyometric training (PT) is a key focus for coaches and professionals aiming to enhance players' conditioning capacities.

Plyometric jump training (PJT) has been identified as beneficial for both amateur and professional volleyball players, emphasizing the importance of training for repeated jumping, frequent sprinting, and directional changes. A meta-analysis by Ramirez et al. (2020) found that PJT effectively improved players in various age groups and genders while being deemed safe for volleyball players. Gjinovci et al. (2017) conducted a Randomized Control Trial, revealing greater improvements in plyometric group participants compared to skill-based training, particularly for sprinting, jumping, and throwing performance in players above 18 years of age.

Given the lack of a structured training plan for volleyball players, the study proposes implementing a structured plyometric training plan. This approach aims to enhance physical fitness and technical skills, including improved landing mechanics, increased explosive power, muscle strength, and agility. The study anticipates incorporating the structured plyometric training plan into the domestic players' training protocol, with a focus on improving rate of force development (RFD) for explosive movements such as jumping and spiking, as well as enhancing speed and agility for quick and coordinated on-court actions. The ultimate goal is to evaluate whether the proposed training plan positively impacts players' technical skills and physical fitness.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: May 25, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: May 25, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Young male healthy volleyball players aged 18-25 years, actively engaged in games for at least 6 months will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Female players

• History of trauma/injury in the last month.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Fitness
• Technical Skills

Intervention

Other:
• Plyometric training
The group will receive plyometric exercises in a controlled environment. Following, Plyometrics would be performed. Leg hops Tuck jumps Vertical jumps Explosive push-ups Jumping spider Lateral/ diagonal and broad jumps Clapping push-ups Medicine ball presses Rotational throws Vertical and obstacle jumps Box shuffles Chest passes Box jumps Drop jumps Overarm throws
• Conventional
The group will receive conventional exercises in a controlled environment. Following, conventional exercises would be performed. Pushups. Situps. Lunges Squats 500m running

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Prime Sports Academy & Prime Institute of Health Sciences	Islamabad

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Riphah International University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Vertical jumping test	Leg Power	8 weeks
Primary	Hand Dynamometer	Hand Strength	8 weeks
Primary	1RM test	Strength	8 weeks
Primary	30- Meter Sprint test.	Speed	8 weeks
Primary	W-agility test	Agility	8 weeks
Primary	2.4 km run test	Endurance Test	8 weeks
Primary	Sit and Reach test.	Flexibility	8 weeks
Primary	Abdominal Strength test.	Abdominal strength	8 weeks
Primary	Ruler drop test.	Reaction time	8 weeks
Primary	Medicine Ball Put Test		8 weeks
Primary	Serving Test	AAHPER Serving Test; AAHPERD Serving Test	8 weeks
Primary	BRUMBACH Serving Test		8 weeks
Primary	Fore-arm Pass Test	AAHPER Wall Volley; AAHPERD Pass-to-Self	8 weeks
Primary	Spiking Test	AAHPERD Wall Spike	8 weeks