Influence of fitness training and football coaching on selected physiological variables among the school level football players

Abstract

Fitness training and football coaching improve the different physiological variables; this type of coaching can be recommended not only for the development of the physiological variables but also for the performance variables. The purpose of the study was to find out the influence of fitness training and football coaching on selected physiological variables among the school level football players. To achieve the purpose of the study, randomly selected 50 boys’ football players from Inspire Football Academy and different School in Kuzhimavu, Kerala. Their age level was of 12 to 16 years, the fifty subjects divided into two groups, namely control group and an experimental group consisting of 25 in each. Before and after the coaching camp, both groups subjects were measured of their resting pulse rate (radial pulse method) and cardiorespiratory endurance (Cooper 12 minutes run/ walk test). The experimental group underwent nine weeks of football based fitness training and by the football practice match. The results proved that resting pulse rate and cardiorespiratory endurance significantly develop underwent of the football coaching camp.