Effect of specific soccer training programme on performance variables of high fit santal tribal soccer players

Abstract

The present study was to determine the effect of specific soccer training programme on performance variables of high fit tribal soccer player. The subjects were male soccer players of 16 to19 years of age from Onda Block, Dist. Bankura, W.B. For selecting high fit soccer players, AAPHER youth fitness tests was administered to one hundred and twenty Santal Tribal soccer players. The soccer players ranged in the order of composite physical fitness score from the highest to the lowest. The first forty was taken as belonging to high fit. The subject were selected and were assigned to one experimental group and one control group with 20 subject in each group. The specific soccer training programme with ball and dynamic skill was given for a period of 10 week. The experimental group was trained upto six day in a week, while the control group continued with their daily routine work. The selected variables were to implement for the study as performance variables i.e. speed explosive strength agility endurance and general soccer ability. The pre and posttest were conducted. After the collection of data ANCOVA was used to identity significant effect of treatment on variables. The level of significant was set at 0.05 level.