PRT100Y1 Study Guide - Plyometrics, Force Platform, Analysis Of Covariance
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Journal of sports science and medicine (2006) 5, 459-465 http://www. jssm. org. Michael g. miller 1(cid:13), jeremy j. herniman 1, mark d. ricard 2, christopher c. 1 department of hper, western michigan university, mi, usa. Received: 21 june 2006 / accepted: 07 august 2006 / published (online): 01 september 2006. The purpose of the study was to determine if six weeks of plyometric training can improve an athlete"s agility. Subjects were divided into two groups, a plyometric training and a control group. The plyometric training group performed in a six week plyometric training program and the control group did not perform any plyometric training techniques. All subjects participated in two agility tests: t-test and. Illinois agility test, and a force plate test for ground reaction times both pre and post testing. Ancovas were conducted to analyze the change scores (post pre) in the independent variables by group (training or control) with pre scores as covariates.
