Author(s): K Padmapriya and Dr. M Kulothungan

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of small sided football training (SSFT) on strength endurance and coordination of football players. To realize the purpose of the study twenty collegiate football players were selected from Soka Ikeda college of Arts & Science for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The selected subject age ranged between 17 to 23 years. Further they were classified at random in two equal groups of 10 (n=10) subjects each. Group - I (Experimental Group) underwent SSFT for thrice a week for six weeks of training programme, in the morning from 6.30 onwards and each section lasted 45 minutes to 60 minutes and the Group – II - acted as a control group (CG) they did not participate in any kind of training programme part from the daily activities. The selected criterion variables of strength endurance and coordination were measured by wall sit test and alternative hand wall toss test was used. The collected data were analysed statistically throughout analyze of covariance (ANCOVA) to find the significance difference. The results of the study showed that chosen variables such as strength endurance and coordination were significantly improved due to SSFT of football players.

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