Effect of plyometric training on agility performance among university badminton players/ Mohd Solehin Abdul Wahab

The purpose ofthis study was to examine the effect of plyometric training on agility performance among university badminton players. Fourteen (N=14) male badminton players form UiTM Kota Samarahan with age between 18 to 25 years old have been choosen to be participated in this study. Participant were randomly assigned into two groups, treatment group (n=7) and control group (n=7). Treatment group undergoes a
4-weeks of two sessions per week of plyometric training. Meanwhile, control group undergoes their badminton training routines without any plyometric training and trained regularly by their coach. A Mixed between-within subjects analysis ofvariance (ANOVA) employed to measure the effect of plyometric training on agility performance among the subjects as well as the different between group. Agiltiy performance (p < .05) has significantly improved. In comparing the agility performance between groups, there was no significant differences (p > .05). The findings indicate that plyometric training and badminton training routines brought benefit to the agility improvement.