A Comparative Study of Physical Fitness Variables among the Haryana's Football Players

Abstract

The present study was an attempt to evaluate the degree of physical fitness and compare the differences of physical fitness components among Football players. To carry out this study, 80 subjects (20 from each district) were selected randomly having representing district/college team. The age limit of players was ranged between 18 to 25 years. The samples were taken from Mohindergarh, Rewari, Rohtak and Bhiwani districts of Haryana. AAPHER Youth Fitness Test (1976) was used to measure the physical fitness variables. Mean was computed for comparison of players of different districts. To assess the significance of differences between the means in case of significant F-value, Least Significant Difference (LSD) test was applied. The level of significance was .05. From the findings of the study it was evident that the Football players of Rohtak were better in comparison to the Football players of other districts i.e. Rewari, Bhiwani and Mohindergarh in almost all the physical fitness variables.