Prediction of Playing Ability from Selected Physical and Anthropometrical Variables among College Level Men Soccer Players

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The purpose of the study was to predict the soccer playing ability from selected physical and anthropometrical variables among college level men players. To achieve the purpose, three hundred and eighteen men soccer players were randomly selected from various colleges in Tamilnadu state, India and their age ranged from 17 to 25 years. The subjects had the past playing experience of at least three years in soccer and only those who represented their respective college teams were taken as subjects. In this study, the soccer playing ability was predicted from three hundred and eighteen college level men players selected with the help of predictor variables such as the Physical variables namely – Speed, Agility, Flexibility, Leg Explosive Power, Muscular endurance, Cardio Respiratory Endurance; Anthropometrical variables namely – Body Weight, Thigh Girth, Calf Girth, Hand length and Chest girth. The playing ability which was taken as the performance factor was subjectively assessed by three qualified soccer coaches. The present study consisted of one dependent variable, namely playing ability of soccer players and eleven independent variables. Collected data was subjected to statistical analysis as explained below. The inter – relationship among the selected physical and anthropometrical variables and the soccer playing ability, were computed by using Pearson product moment correlation coefficients. The computation of multiple regressions was also used. In multiple regressions, a criterion variable from a set of predictors was predicted. Step wise argument methods of multiple regressions were used in this study to find out the predictor variable that had the highest correlation with the criterion variables entered in the equation depending on the contribution of each predictor. The results revealed that an Inter – relationship exists significantly between the physical and anthropometrical variables among college level men soccer players. The size of multiple correlation is sufficiently large and hence regression equation developed by thirteen variables can be put in to prediction equation of soccer players. The results revealed that the cardio respiratory endurance, calf girth, agility and thigh girth become the common characteristics which can predict the Soccer playing ability among college level men players.

Author Name : Prediction of Playing Ability from Selected Physical and Anthropometrical Variables among College Level Men Soccer Players

Keywords: Physical, Physiological, College, Men Players.


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