THE EFFECT OF ELASTIC BAND AND MEDICINE BALL TRAINING COMBINED WITH RUGBY TRAINING PROGRAM ON STRENGTH AND PASSING ACCURACY OF FEMALE RUGBY ATHLETES

Abstract

The purpose of this compared the effects of elastic and medicine ball training combined with a rugby training program on strength and passing accuracy of female rugby athletes. The sample consisted of tertiary education level female rugby, passed the 2021 Thailand Championships, with 30 females, Selected the sample group by Multistage Sampling.Group 1 Medicine ball training combined with rugby training program Group 2 Elastic Band training combined with rugby training program. Training program for 8 weeks 3 times per week and an hour and a half each time. The study intervention was divided into 2 groups; 1) Medicine ball training combined with rugby training program 2) Elastic training combined with rugby training program. Research instruments consist 1) The passing accuracy of rugby football test 2) Modified muscle strength test. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test. When significant differences were found with One-way repeated measures ANOVA), multiple comparisons analysis used Bonferroni. A test to compares the means of differences. Measure different changes within the group with paired-samples t-test. The level of significance was set at P≤0.05.

1) The average muscle strength values, with paired elastic training combined with rugby training
program, differed significantly at the .05 level before training and after weeks 4, 6, and 8.

2) The average muscle strength values, with paired medicine ball training combined with rugby
training program, differed significantly at the .05 level before training and after weeks 4, 6, and 8.

3) The average passing accuracy and receiving skills, with paired elastic training combined with
rugby training program, differed significantly at the .05 level before training and after weeks 4, 6, and 8.

4) The average passing accuracy and receiving skills, with paired medicine ball training combined with
rugby training program, differed significantly at the .05 level before training and after weeks 4, 6, and 8.

5) The comparison of muscle strength values before training and after weeks 4 showed no significant
difference. However, after weeks 6 and 8, there was a statistically significant difference at the .05 level. The comparison of passing accuracy and receiving skills before training showed no significant difference, but after weeks 4, 6, and 8, there was a statistically significant difference at the .05 level.