ISSN NO : 2277-3665
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Article Name :
THE EFFECT OF SPECIFIC STRETCHING EXERCISE TRAINING PROGRAM ON SELECTED PHYSICAL FITNESS VARIABLES OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS
Author Name :
V. Manobala , R. Annadurai
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-171
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Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of specific stretching exercise training program on selected physical fitness variables of football players. This study, forty five football players randomly were selected as a subjects. They were selected from various schools in Coimbatore district. They were divided into three equal groups of fifteen subjects (each group), namely, experimented group I is under went proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation group (PNFG) and experimented group II is under went static stretching group (STG) and experimented group III is plyometric training group (PTG). The experimental group participated in specific pre season training for period of six weeks. The data was collected before and after training for period of pre test, post test and relationship between the groups were analyzed by 't' ratio, analysis of co-variances (ANCOVA) test and scheffe post hoc test was applied. The level of significance for the study was chosen as 0.05. The experimental three groups after the eight weeks training significant improvement in speed, muscular endurance, agility.
Keywords :
  • speed
  • muscular endurance
  • agility