Background: Badminton is one of the most popular racquet sports in the world. The agility and vertical jump are important motor skills to hit a shuttlecock in badminton game.

Objectives: To compare the effects of plyometric exercises and drills on the agility, power performance and coordination of athlete.

Methodology: In this single-blinded, randomized, controlled study, 30 badminton player aged 18 – 60 years were randomly assigned into two groups, intervention group (plyometric training) and control group (drill training). Both groups received these interventions for 6 week.

Results: The results showed that there was statistically significant difference between two groups with p < 0.05.Independent sample t-test was applied to compare pre-treatment and post-treatment (vertical jump test) VJP value between two groups. Agility increased to greater extent in group1 as compared to group 2 with mean Plyometric training demonstrated more clinical benefits than drill training with regard to Vertical jump test (VJP), Hand wall toss test (HWT) and Hexagon agility test (HAT).

Conclusions: Plyometric training and drill training is a suitable and durable approach for agility, power and coordination. The mean difference was more in plyometric training group as compared to drill training group that showed the greater effect of plyometric training over drill training in badminton player because plyometric exercises improves the muscle strength and coordination Hence, Alternate Hypothesis was accepted.

Index Terms- Plyometric, Drill training, Agility, Power, Coordination, Badminton athlete.