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“EFFECT OF FUNCTIONAL STRETCHING ALONG WITH DYNAMIC BALANCE TRAINING ON AGILITY AND BALANCE IN STATE LEVEL BASKETBALL PLAYERS - A COMPARATIVE STUDY”.

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Dr. Soumik Basu, Dr. Onkar Aghav, Dr. Pramod J Palekar, Dr. Tushar J Palekar,
» doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.12.2024.3739-3750

Abstract

Purpose of the study was to investigate the to find the effects functional stretching along with dynamic balance training on agility and balance in state level basketball players. The importance of agility in basketball is well known, but there are less studies examining basketball-specific effects functional stretching along with dynamic balance training on agility and balance. Method: In this study total 30 samples who plays State level Basketball were screened according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and were divided into two groups of 15 sample in each group respectively. Group A was treated with Functional Stretching along with Dynamic Balance training and Group B was treated with Conventional Stretching along with Dynamic Balance training. Outcome measures were taken pre and post treatment. Subjects from both the groups received 12 sessions in 4 weeks duration. Results: The data was presented using descriptive statistics (mean, median, standard deviation). The amount of change noted in all the outcome measures was evaluated by the paired T-test, Unpaired T-test, Mann Whitney Rank Sum test, Wilcoxon test. The analysis of the study showed that the above study was effective in both functional stretching along with dynamic balance training and conventional stretching along with dynamic balance training proved to be effective in improving agility and balance in State level Basketball players. Conclusion: It can be concluded from the above study that both functional stretching along with dynamic balance training and conventional stretching along with dynamic balance training proved to be effective in improving agility and balance in State level Basketball players. But it was seen that functional stretching along with dynamic balance training showed more improvement compared to conventional stretching along with dynamic balance training in improving agility and balance in State level Basketball players.

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