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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Physical Fitness; Technical Skills
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Plyometric training; Other: Conventional

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 28
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Waqar Ahmed Awan, PhD; Phone Number: +923335348846; Email: waqar.ahmed@riphah.edu.pk
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Syed Aqil Shah; Phone Number: +923002235994; Email: aqilshah87@gmail.com

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Islamabad, Pakistan
    • Recruiting
    • Prime Sports Academy & Prime Institute of Health Sciences
    • Contact: Syed Aqil H Shah; Phone Number: +923002235994; Email: aqilshah87@gmail.com
    • Contact: Waqar A Awan, PhD; Phone Number: +923335348846; Email: waqar.ahmed@riphah.edu.pk
    • Principal Investigator: Waqar A Awan, PhD
    • Principal Investigator: Syed Aqil H Shah, MSPT*

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group-A (Plyometric training)	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
Other: Group-B (Conventional)	Other: Conventional; The group will receive conventional exercises in a controlled environment. Following, conventional exercises would be performed.; Pushups.; Situps.; Lunges; Squats; 500m running

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Riphah International University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Waqar Ahmed Awan, PHD, Riphah International University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 15, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 25, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 25, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 26, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 18, 2024
• First Posted (Estimated): January 19, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): January 19, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 18, 2024
• Last Verified: January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Plyometric training; Physical fitness and technical skills; Young Male Volleyball Players
• Other Study ID Numbers: 014245

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No