Vol. 10, Issue 2, Part A (2024)

Study Aim: The aim of this study was to find out the influence of resistance training on explosive strength.

Materials and Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted on sixty, boys (age 18-30 years) from the East Bengal Football Club, Kolkata, India. All the subjects were informed about the objectives and protocol of the study. Subjects with history of any infective or respiratory ailment condition were excluded from the study. The participants participated in the study voluntarily. The Physical fitness variable (viz., Explosive Strength) was selected for the purpose the study.

Statistical Analysis: The normality of data was checked by using the Shapiro-Wilk test of normality. A descriptive analysis was used to describe the data distribution. The Paired-Samples t-test test was included in the present study. The statistical techniques were used to analyze the data on Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26.0. The level of significance was set at 0.05.

Results: A paired samples t-test was conducted to compare experimental (pre-test) and experimental (post-test) on the variable, “Explosive Strength”. There were significant differences (p<0.0001) in scores for experimental (Pre-Test) (M=2.6077, SD= 0.04516) and experimental (Post-Test) (M=2.6397, SD=0.05792). The magnitude of the differences in the means (mean difference=0.03200, 95% CI of difference: 0.02413 to 0.03987) was significant.