Author(s): Bilal Ahmad Hajam and Dr. R Muthueleckuvan

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of SAQ and Hill training on breath holding time, among men kabaddi players living at moderate altitude. To achieve the purpose of the study, thirty six men kabaddi players from government degree college Kulgam and government degree college larnoo Anantanag, Jammu and Kashmir, state was selected as subjects. The selected subjects were divided into three equal group, SAQ training group (N=12), Hill training group (N=12) and control group (N=12). The age of the subjects was ranged from 19-23 years which was confirmed from school record. All the subjects were selected from moderate altitude. The SAQ training group goes through SAQ training, three days per week for the period of 12 weeks, Hill training group attended training programme three days per week for the period of 12 weeks and Control group did not attended any training apart from their daily activities as per their curriculum. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to find the significant difference among the groups. The scheffe’s post hoc test was used to find out the paired mean difference if any. The level of confidence was fixed at0.05. It was concluded that there was a significant improvement on breath holding time among men kabaddi players, due to SAQ and Hill training of 12 weeks.

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