Correlations of Biomechanical Characteristics with Ball Speed in Penalty Corner Push-In Influence of Unilateral Power Training Programme on Selected Power Parameters among Soccer Players

The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of unilateral power training on selected power parameters among soccer players. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on selected power parameters due to the influence of unilateral power among soccer players. For the present study the 30 male soccer players from H.H. The Rajah’s College, Pudukkottai, Tamilnadu, India were selected at random and their age ranged from 18 to 25 years. For the present study pre test – post test random group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen each and named as Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. Group ‘A’ underwent unilateral power training and Group ‘B’ has not undergone any training. Explosive power was assessed by standing broad jump, elastic power was assessed by 3 hops test and upper body power was assessed by medicine ball throw. The data was collected before and after twelve weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA). The level of significance was set at 0.05. The unilateral power training had positive impact on explosive power, elastic power and upper body power among soccer players.