Analysis of physical fitness among offensive and defensive male football players of Ghaziabad district

Abstract

In the present study, an attempt has been made to compare physical fitness among offensive and defensive male Football players at Inter District Football Competition of Ghaziabad District in Uttar Pradesh. For this study, experimental method and physical fitness tests (Speed30 meters run, Agility (shuttle run)30 meters run, Endurance800 meters run) are applied to Football players to compare their physical fitness performance., 20 offensive and 20 defensive Football players at Inter District Football Competition of Ghaziabad District were selected randomly for this study. The age group of the subjects was between 15 to 18 years. The data was computed and analysed by using descriptive statistics like mean, standard deviation and t-test in order to compare the significant difference between offensive and defensive Football players. The result reveals that the overall physical fitness performance of offensive Football players is high as compared to defensive Football players. The result indicates that there are significant differences between offensive and defensive Football players at Inter District Football Competition of Ghaziabad District.