Abstract

 

Two Months Explosive Training Program on Agility of Male Football Players.

 

1) Dr. Mohite Bapu Chandrahar – (Director of Physical Education, Baburao Patil College of Arts and Science, Angar.) Email Id: mohite.bapu4@gmail.com

2) Dr. Baraskar Haridas Kanifnath - (Director of Physical Education, Shri. Shivaji Mahavidyalaya, Barshi.)  Email Id: baraskarharidas@gmail.com   

3) Author for Correspondence Mr. Tambile Prashant Indrajit - (Director of Physical Education, K. N. Bhise College, Kurduwadi. MH India.) Email Id: tambile7511@gmail.com

 

Football is a fastest and quickest game in the world. The Purpose of the study was to find out the effect of Explosive Training Program on Agility of Male Football Players, It was an Experimental study in which Pre-test and Post-test design of experimental group was used. Purposive sampling method was used, Twenty Players selected as a sample and Pre-test of AFL Agility Run Test (Dependent Variable) was given, from Dr. Karmveer Jagdale Mama Football Club, Barshi. Two Months Explosive training program (Independent Variable) alternate Days was implemented to experimental group, after measurements in seconds of Post-test of group, The Data was collected from each subject of training Period, obtained data was analyzed by using different statistics, It was found that there was a significant improvement, Results shows that the Explosive training program was useful to the Agility performance. It was concluded that Explosive training program was very important and successful for all sports and games.  

Key Words: Explosive Training, AFL Agility Test, Male Football Players

 

Introduction

Football requires players to perform numerous actions that require strength, power, speed, agility, balance, stability, flexibility and endurance suggesting that the physical conditioning of players is a complex process.This is an important distinction for coaches who work on improving speed and agility as the research suggests that different activities are needed for each. Agility has also been shown to be an important component of football play demonstrated that a short-term agility training programme improved agility test results among young professional soccer players. Explosive training consists of dynamic and rapid stretching of muscles (eccentric action) immediately followed by a concentric of shortening action of the same muscles and connective tissues .This training focuses on learning to move from a muscle extension to a contraction in a rapid or ‘explosive’ manner, such as in specialized repeated jumping. Exercises are of high-intensity, explosive muscular contractions combining strength and speed for acquisitions of benefits in power. ET involves hops and jumps used to capitalize on the stretch-shortening cycle of the muscle the stored elastic energy within the muscle is used to produce more force than can be provided by a concentric action alone. It is distinguished by a rapid deceleration of mass followed immediately by its rapid acceleration in the opposite vertical direction. For the lower limbs, ET entails exercise such as hopping, bounding or drop-jumping (depth jumping) from a raised box or platform and immediately jumping vertically after an ‘amortization’ period of ground contact. The ET programme typically includes sport-specific exercises including exercises for shoulder and muscles of arms and has traditionally been used for sprinting, jumping, and sports with rapid changes in direction.

Statement of the Problem –

The purpose of the study was to identify the effect of Explosive training on Agility of male volleyball players.

Significance of the study – 

1. This study will help to develop the Football skills.

2. This study will help to improve the fitness of the subjects.

 

Hypothesis –

It was hypothesized that there would be significant improvement on agility of male football players due to the influence of Explosive training of football players.

Objectives of Study –

1) To prepare and implement the designed Explosive training on experimental group.

2) To measure agility of male football players with AGL agility test.

3) To study the effect of explosive training program after implementing program.

Delimitations –

1. The study was confined to 20 players from, Dr.Karmveer Jagdale Mama Football Club,Barshi.

2. The age of the subjects ranged from 16-20 years.

3. The training was restricted to Two month’s alternate days.

Limitations –

1. In this study the possible effect of the diet, sleep and habits of the subjects were ignored.

2. Hereditary factors which may have some influence the result of this study could not be controlled. 

Explosive Training –

Explosive Training is a method of developing explosive power. It is also an important component of most athletic performances. As coaches and athletes have recognized the improvements Explosive can bring to performance, they have integrated it into overall training programs in many sports and made it a significant factor in planning the scope of athletic development.

 

Method of Study

This study was an experimental research which was conducted to find out the effect of

Explosive training program on agility of football players.

1) Population - All the boys’ age between 16 to 20 years of football players from Shree. Shivaji Shikshan Prasarak Mandle Barshi.

2) Sample - The sample of 20 players was selected with purposive Sampling method.

AFL AGILITY Test

Purpose: this is a test of overall agility, including speed, quickness, flexibility, change of direction and body control.

Equipment required: timing gates, measuring tape, masking tape, a flat non-slip surface, 5 obstacles made of PVC piping (10-12 cm diameter) with a 25cm base and approximately 1.1m high. The obstacles are weighted internally at the bottom of the piping to increase stability.

Procedure: After a short warm-up, the players should have a practice trial at 50% effort to familiarize themselves with the course. When ready, they start from a stationary, upright position with one foot on the starting line, aligned with first timing gate. The player then weaves in and out of the obstacles and should avoid touching or moving the obstacles in any way. If this occurs the test is stopped and restarted. Two trials are allowed, with 2-3 minutes recovery between trials.

Scoring: The time to complete the test in seconds (to two decimal places) is recorded. The score is the best time of two trials.

 

Statistical analysis and Results

Data analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all experimental data before inferential testing. Changes in agility, with and without ball, were compared over the training period for players in the experimental and control groups statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.

 

Results

 

Table no.1.1                          Descriptive Statistics    Pre-test & Post-test of Experimental and Control group
Group		Mean	N	Std. Deviation	Std. Error Mean
E.G.	Pre-test	31.2000	10	4.23006	1.12345
	Post-test	34.3500	10	4.50152	1.12435
C.G.	Pre-test	26.7077	10	4.82582	1.51234
	Post-test	31.900	10	4.39226	1.57896

 

In table 1.1 show mean performance of 20 subjects in the pre-test and post-test of experiment group was 31.2000 (+4.23006) and34.3500 (+4.50152) respectively. In control group mean performance of pre-test and post-test was 26.7077 (+4.82582) and 31.900 (+4.39226) respectively.

Table No. 1.2              Paired Samples Correlations
	Group	N	Correlation	Sig.
E.G.	Pretest & posttest	10	.867	.000
C.G.	Pretest & posttest	10	.846	.000

 

 

In table 1.2 shows coefficient of correction between pre-test and post-test was of experimental group was 0.867 which was statistically significant at 0.05, significant levels and coefficient correlation between pre-test and post-test of control group was 0.846 which was also significant at 0.05 level.

Table No. 1.3                         Group Statistics                     Change in performance
Group	N	Mean	Std. deviation	Std. Error Mean
experimental	10	2.1204	1.19571	0.22739
control	10	1.1202	1.15877	0.23754

 

From Table No. 1.3 shows that improvement in score of experiment group was 2.1204 (+1.19571) and improvement in score of control group wa1.1202 (+1.15877). This indicates that there was better improvement in experimental group.

 

Discussion

This study has shown that two Months training had positive effects on agility with and without ball in soccer players. Players in the experimental group improved their performance significantly regardless of the time that was necessary to complete the agility test with and without ball. These results demonstrate that specific speed and agility training, as part of the overall training process, can be considered a useful tool for the improvement of speed and agility among young soccer players.

The specific programme used in this study demonstrated benefits for agility performance but what are the long-term costs and/or benefits of such training? One might hypothesise that on the ball training has advantages for both skill development and would have motivational benefits over and above similar training without a ball. This may well result in improvement of players’ performances during matches in specific situations as well as decreasing rather increasing the risks of overtraining.

 

Conclusion

The seven different phases of agility training programme, contributed to a statistically significant improvement in performance in different agility tests with and without the ball in soccer players. Whilst it is impossible to determine which any individual components had significant or non-significant contributions the overall effect led to an improvement in agility. These findings support the contention that the Explosive programme should be a part of routine soccer training. The extent to which ET training features in both pre-season and in-season training needs to be further investigated as it appears anecdotally that agility training, for many teams, is not undertaken to the extent that it should be. Research suggests that appropriate ET training will improve soccer players’ agility and condition them to cope with the actual demands of the game.

 

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