A study of the effect on the ability to breath hold and vital capacity through swimming training program

Abstract

The purpose of this research study was to study the effect of swimming training program on Vital Capacity and respiratory capacity. A total of 60 students of Sakar School in Chandkheda area of Ahmedabad district were selected in this research study. The study will be limited to students in the age group of 12 to 15 years. Selected students were trained in swimming. The Criterion Measures for Vital Capacity Spirometer and Breath hold clip test. For this research studies keeping in view the objective, total 60 subjects were selected and were equally divided into teo groups of 30 each. Group A of 30 subjects for swimming Training, Group B Group B of 30 subjects treated as a control group for the study. Six (6) weeks of training was imparted for various selected subjects. For the purpose of this study, one experimental group and one control group pre and post test design was used. For the analysis of collected data, Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA). LSD was used as post hoc test to compare the means of various altitude. The level of significance was set at 0.05.