EFFECT OF ROPE SKIPPING ON VISCERAL FAT INDICES AMONG MALE STUDENTS OF DEMONSTRATION SECONDARY SCHOOL, FCE, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the Effect of Rope Skipping on Centripetal Fat Patterning Indices Among Male
Students of Demonstration Secondary School, FCE, Zaria, Kaduna State’’. 25 selected participants undergoing a secondary
education at Demonstration Secondary School Federal College of Education Zaria, Kaduna State were used for the study.
They were 12 through 15 years old that took part in the study. One group repeated measure research design method was
adopted in this study. All the participants selected satisfied the inclusion criteria and were assigned to rope skipping for 8
weeks. However, data were taken at the baseline (0-week), 4th-week, and 8-week. The exercise session was conducted
between the hours of 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday alternatively. The data collected were analyzed
using the statistical package for social sciences and simple percentages was used to answer the demographic data of
participants, descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions and repeated
analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypotheses at the statistically significant level P<0.05. The results of the
study revealed that rope skipping significantly reduced visceral fat percent, at (P=.001 < 0.05) of male students of
Demonstration Secondary School FCE Zaria. Based on these results, it was concluded that 8-week rope skipping had a
significant effect in reducing visceral fat percent of male students of Demonstration Secondary School FCE Zaria that were
involved in the exercise. In conclusion, the study recommended that rope skipping exercise should be used as an alternative
method in reducing excess centripetal fat patterns, that rope skipping exercise could be used as an alternative model to reduce
the prevalence of centripetal fat in male students, and rope skipping exercise could be an effective form of exercise to manage
the visceral fat percent of the male students.