Abstract:
The study was confined to the university level male football players those who were participating in the South Zone Inter University Football Tournament held at Mahathma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala during the year 2013 – 2014. One hundred and twenty university male football players from ten schools (n = 12), with age group between 19 and 27 years, were selected as subjects for the current study. The selected criterion variables, such as, shooting ability, speed, agility and muscular endurance were selected for this study. The shooting ability was assessed by Mor-Christian General soccer ability skill test, speed was assessed by administering 50 meters dash, agility was assessed by conducting 4 x 10 yards shuttle run and muscular endurance was assessed by administering sit-ups test. The Pearson Product Moment correlation and multiple regression equation were used to find out the relationship between the selected football playing ability such as, shooting ability and selected physical fitness components such as, speed, agility and muscular endurance. The result of the study shows that there was a significant relationship between the shooting ability and selected motor fitness components such as, speed, agility and muscular endurance.
Author Name : J. Santhosh, Dr. K. Sivakumar
Keywords: Shooting ability, physical fitness components, speed, agility, muscular endurance, correlation.
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