Effect of Multi-Shuttlecock Badminton Training on Physiological Responses and Badminton Specific Agility among College Badminton Players

Kui, Wei Sheng (2020) Effect of Multi-Shuttlecock Badminton Training on Physiological Responses and Badminton Specific Agility among College Badminton Players. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Multi-shuttlecock badminton training on physiological responses and badminton specific agility among college badminton players. A total of 22 university college badminton players (age=19.71±1.21years; weight=62.02±8.92kg; height=168.7±9.4cm; years of experience=10.09±1.82; training frequency=2.05±0.79) took part in this study and were divided into experimental group (n=11) and control group (n=11). Experimental group went through multi-shuttlecock training for 6 weeks while the control group did their usual training routines. The subjects’ VO2max and badminton specific agility were tested. Physiological measurements such as blood lactate, heart rate, and respiratory exchange ratio were taken during the 1st, 10th, and 18th training sessions (pre- and post-training) for both groups. Three-way ANOVA showed a significantly lower blood lactate concentration, respiratory exchange ratio, heart rate, and improved badminton specific agility in experimental group. Meanwhile, there were no significant improvements in VO2max in experimental group. On the other hand, control group showed a significant improvement only in the badminton specific agility. This showed that the high intensity intermittent badminton multi-shuttlecock training is a better method to improve badminton specific agility, lactate concentration, respiratory exchange ratio and heart rate of college badminton players.