Effect of Traditional Training and Game Specific Training on Selected Motor Fitness Variables of Football Players

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of traditional training and game specific training on selected motor fitness variables of football players. Thirty district level football players from Salem district were selected at random as subjects. The age of the subjects was range from 14 to 16 years. The selected subjects were divided into two groups of fifteen each. Group I underwent traditional training and group II was subjected to game specific training for three alternate days in a week for eight weeks. The subjects were tested prior to and after the experimentation on selected motor fitness variables such as speed, agility and explosive power. The obtained data from the experimental groups I and II were statistically analyzed with dependent t-test. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05. The findings of the study showed that there was a significant difference found between the traditional training and the game specific training groups. Further the result indicated that the game specific training group had achieved better improvement on selected motor fitness variables such as speed, agility and explosive power of district level football players when compared to traditional training group.

Author Name : S.Ramya & Dr.Amsa Natarajan

Keywords: Traditional Training, Game Specific Training, Speed, Agility, Explosive Power.