International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The objective of the study is to determine the effect of Core Strength training exercises  for development of Speed among Kabaddi Players of Osmania University between the age group of 18 to 25  Years.The sample for the present study consists of 20 Male Kabaddi Players  out of which 10 are experimental group and 10 are controlled group. Core Strength training exercises  were given to the Experimental Group along with general training of Kabaddi and control group has doing general Training of Kabaddi for six weeks.To assess the Speed 50 M Run  were used in the Pre Test and Post Test of the Study.This study shows that the Experiment Group increase the Speed compare to the control group. It is concluded that due to core strength training  there is a improvement of speed among Kabaddi players. Key words: core strength training, kabaddi, speed etc.