EFFECT OF AEROBIC EXERCISE ON SELECTED PERFORMANCE RELETED PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENT: THE CASE OF SHEWAROBIT SECONDERY SCHOLL IN NORTH SHEWA OF AMHARA REGENAL STAE OF ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Exercise is a good way to develop a healthy heat, mind and body. Healthy hearts are developed when a person perform the recommended daily aerobic exercise routine .people who does daily exercise helps keep the mind more alert, and have a positive outlook. The most common practices of these exercise are walking. Jogging, dancing, ball game etc. with moderate intensity .The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of aerobic exercise on some selected performance related physical fitness components of students. Total populations are 52 students from Shewarobit secondary school were selected as study subjects and their age range from16-19 years.52 Subjects had divided into two groups, 26 an experimental and 26 a control group. 26 experimental group participated in moderate intensity aerobic exercise for 3months, 3 days per week and 40-60minutesduration for month one, two and three respectively. Control group (n=26) didn’t perform selected variable training, and both groups had taken pre and post-test. The research design was quasi-experimental. The collected data was analyzed by paired sample t-test (SPSS v.20). The result showed that on agility test in control group was MD=0.065,SD=1.678 & P=.844 while experimental MD=8.865,SD=3.465& P=.000, balance test control MD=.115,SD=3.953 & P= .883& whereas experimental MD=8.00,SD=6.928& P=.000, power test control group MD=.038,SD=.239& p=.423 while experimental group MD=.317,SD=.228 & p=.000, Generally, This indicated that the effect of aerobic exercises on the improvement of performance related fitness components. There was a significant mean difference between post and pretest results of agility, balance, and power in experimental groups but there was no significant mean difference in control groups.