Paper Title
PERFORMANCE OF VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS BASED ON FITNESS PARAMETERSAbstract
Background: Ball games require comprehensive ability including physical, technical, mental and tactical abilities. Physical attributes of players have a noticeable impact on both individual player talent and team strategy. Players must thus be physically capable of meeting the demands of the sport. One of the most played games worldwide is volleyball. Unfortunately, Indian volleyball players fall well short of the world\'s standards in terms of performance. The study\'s goal is: The purpose of the current research was to evaluate volleyball players\' flexibility, muscular endurance, power, and cardio-respiratory endurance and compare the findings with those of controls who were of a similar age. Additionally, to compare the results of the volleyball players with those of the existing literature\'s analysis of international standards and to provide some recommendations for raising their level of performance. Materials and Methods: The research included 40 male volleyball players who ranged in age from 17 to 26 as well as 40 male controls who were of a similar age. Flexibility, muscular endurance, power, and cardio-respiratory endurance were among the physical fitness measures examined; results were analyzed using an unpaired \'t\' test. Results: It was evident that players\' levels of physical fitness were higher overall than those of their age-matched controls, but when the values of the subjects were compared to worldwide standards, our subjects fell short of the requirements recommended for top volleyball players. Gonclusion: The volleyball players have better benefit of flexibility muscular endurance, power and cardio-respiratory endurance.
KEYWORDS : Flexibility, Muscular Endurance, Power, Cardio-Respiratory Endurance, Bicycle Ergometry, VO2 max.