Effect of Ladder Training on Agility among College level Football Players

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of ladder training on agility among college level football players. It was hypothesized that there would be significant differences on agility due to the effect of ladder training among college level football players. For the present study the 30 male level football players were selected as subjects at random from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India and their ages ranged from 18 to 25 years. For the present study pre test – post test random group design which consists of control group and experimental group was used. The subjects were randomly assigned to two equal groups of fifteen each and named as Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’. Group ‘A’ underwent ladder training and Group ‘B’ underwent no training. Agility was assessed by shuttle run test. The data was collected before and after twelve weeks of training. The data was analyzed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance (ANCOVA). The level of significance was set at 0.05. The aerobic training had positive impact on agility among college level football players.

Author Name : Dr. K. Rajendran

Keywords: Aerobic Dance, Agility, Football.