Effect of Distributed Versus Massed Practice on Reaction Time in Collegiate Volleyball Players: A Pilot Study
Introduction: Reaction Time (RT) is the time taken by an individual to respond to external stimuli. It is one of the most important determinant ability in sports like Volleyball. Shorter RT leads to higher performance and success in Volleyball. Two types of training methods, massed and distribut...
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2021
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| Sumario: | Introduction: Reaction Time (RT) is the time taken by an individual
to respond to external stimuli. It is one of the most important
determinant ability in sports like Volleyball. Shorter RT leads
to higher performance and success in Volleyball. Two types of
training methods, massed and distributed practice have been
used in researches to improve RT and other sports related skills in
sports. In massed practice, there is persistent workout with hardly
any rest periods even of minimal time period relative to the work
interval while in distributed practice; it is interspersed with rest or
other skill learning. There are mixed evidences on effectiveness of
these practice methods which has led to the present study.
Aim: To find the effect of distributed practice and massed
practice in terms of RT among collegiate volleyball players.
Materials and Methods: The study design was quasi-experimental
pilot study that was conducted at the volleyball academy Gurugram,
Haryana, India from September 2019 to December 2019. A total of
30 players, aged 18-22 years, from college volleyball team were
invited to participate in the study. Subjects were randomly divided
into two groups. Group A received massed practice (n=15), and
group B received distributed practice (n=15) for 40 minutes, four
days a week for four weeks. Players who were practicing daily for
one hour were included in this study and they were excluded if
they had any condition that limited their participation in the study
or if they are suffering from any type of orthopaedic or neurological
illness. RT was measured using Ruler Drop Test (RDT) and Red
Light Green Light Test (RLGL). Data was analysed using Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 for statistical
analysis.
Results: The mean pre and post data of Group A, for RDT was
0.16 and 0.12 seconds, respectively; of Group B, it was 0.16
and 0.13. The mean pre and post data of Group A for RLGL was
0.42 and 0.38 seconds, respectively; Group B data for RLGL
pre and post was 0.39 and 0.37 seconds, respectively. Both
the groups showed significant improvement in scores of RDT
(p-value for Group A=0.01, Group B=0.05) and RLGL (p-value for
Group A=0.01, Group B=0.01) measured by the paired sample
t-test (p<0.05). But there was no significant difference in between
group analysis measured by independent sample t-test (p>0.05).
Conclusion: This study showed that both massed and distributed
practice was helpful in improving RT of collegiate volleyball
players. As there was no significant difference between the
two groups, consequently which practice method is superior in
improving RT in collegiate volleyball players could not be stated. |
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