Effect of Conditioning Exercise on Skill Related Physical Fitness Components at Amuru High School of Oromia Region
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2018-03
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Addis Ababa University
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This study attempted to investigate the effect of conditioning exercise on skill related physical fitness components through instructional intervention at Amuru high school. Purposive sampling method to select for four section of grade 9thAmuru secondary school technique because in quasi experimental method Simple random sampling method to select the subjects with experimental group and control group by lottery was used to select 76 female and 74 male grade 9th students aged 15 to 17 years fromAmuru high school. Exercise programs of conditioning exercises were performed in a form of training for the experimental group under this study for eight weeks. The activity was given from April 25 to June 25/ 2015, with the frequency of 3 days per week for 2 months and the duration was 40 minutes per session. The skill related physical fitness variables selected for the study were: speed, coordination, agility, balance, power and reaction time. Data were analyzed by using paired samples t- test with pair wise comparison of means at 95% confidence interval for both pre and posttests, and across comparison and experimental groups. The results indicated that there were significant improvements on skill related physical fitness variables due to the effects of conditioning exercise training with active rest (p ≤ 0.05). This study confirmed that conditioning exercise training with active rest was significant to improve the speed, coordination, agility, balance, power and reaction time variables. The study showed that students who were exposed to conditioning exercise training have revealed positive outcomes towards the speed, coordination, agility, balance, power and reaction time. Key words፡ conditioning exercise, fitness, intensity, physical activity, physical fitness
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conditioning exercise, fitness, intensity, physical activity, physical fitness