INVESTIGATION OF THE CHANGES ON SELECTED BIO-MOTOR ABILITIES IN RESPONSE TO AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC TRAINING AMONG FOOTBALL PLAYERS

The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes on selected bio-motor abilities in response to aerobic and anaerobic training among football players. To achieve the purpose of this study, the investigator selected thirty football players as participants in the age group of 18 to 23 years. They were divided into three groups of ten subjects each. Group-I underwent aerobic training, group-II underwent anaerobic training and group-III acted as control. The selected bio-motor variables such as speed and cardio-respiratory endurance are assessed by standard test and procedure. During the training period, the experimental groups underwent their respective training six days per week for twelve weeks. The data collected from the three groups prior to and post experimentation on selected dependent variables was statistically analyzed to find out the significant difference if any, by applying the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). It was concluded that both aerobic and anaerobic training groups have significantly improved the speed and cardio respiratory endurance of the football players. However, anaerobic training is significantly better than aerobic training in improving speed and aerobic training is significantly better than anaerobic training in improving cardio respiratory endurance of the football players.