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U. Yeole1, N. Praneetha1, C. Panigrahy1
1Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Physiotherapy, Pune, India
Background: Football is widely known as a high intensity prolonged duration intermittent activity sport. It is a dynamic sport that requires a player to perform various movements and skills such as rapid direction changes, jumping, quick acceleration and deceleration, sliding, and kicking. There are different positions for Football players to fulfil different tasks and each outfield position has their own unique physical and physiological requirements. A significant variation exists in the physical demands based upon the tactical role of the position and the physical capacity of the player.
Therefore, it is valuable to understand the profile of the players to ensure that the players are assigned to their optimal positions and the player receives the strength and conditioning programs accordingly.
Therefore, it is valuable to understand the profile of the players to ensure that the players are assigned to their optimal positions and the player receives the strength and conditioning programs accordingly.
Purpose: This study evaluated the effect of Position Specific Physiotherapy Training on Agility, Speed endurance and Balance in Indian Football Players.
Methods: Around 70 football players were approached of which 48 gave consent to participate, further 30 players (age: 17.17 ± 2.31 yr; height: 167.63 ± 6.60 cm; weight: 58.67 ± 8.77 Kg) sufficing inclusion criteria were recruited. They were divided into three groups, Forwards (Group A, n=10), Defenders (Group B, n=10) and Control (Group C, n=10), according to their On-field Position. All the Players were evaluated Pre-intervention as well asSpecific Physiotherapy Training for four weeks.
Results: A Significant improvement was noted in the Agility of Group A (p=0.0001); Group B (p=0.00003) as compared to Group C (p=0.071). Speed Endurance evaluated by Mean Sprint Time improved for Group A (p=0.00009); Group B (p=0.00009) as compared to Group C (p=0.111). Fatigue Index of Group A (p=0.00006); Group B (p=0.000003) improved significantly as compared to Group C (p=0.383). The Balance of Group A (p=0.0063); Group B (p=0.0019) improved significantly as compared to Group C (p=0.0632).
Conclusions: The Position Specific Physiotherapy Training was found to be effective in improving Agility, Speed endurance and Balance ability of the Indian Football Players.
Implications: The findings of the study suggest that employing a position specific training is more effective in producing better results sufficing the varied levels of physical and physiological demands of different On-field playing positions.
Improved Agility directly affects the on-field performance of the players. Having good agility is helpful in avoiding an unanticipated attack from the opponent, and simultaneously improves better execution of overall football specific skills and tactics during the game.
In soccer, the players are in an open environment where the direction, distance and starting patterns vary every moment and so do the speed requirements. Speed Endurance training is recommended in order to improve the player’s ability to perform high intensity activities at maximal intensities and also develop the ability to recover faster after repeated high intensity activities.
Improved Agility directly affects the on-field performance of the players. Having good agility is helpful in avoiding an unanticipated attack from the opponent, and simultaneously improves better execution of overall football specific skills and tactics during the game.
In soccer, the players are in an open environment where the direction, distance and starting patterns vary every moment and so do the speed requirements. Speed Endurance training is recommended in order to improve the player’s ability to perform high intensity activities at maximal intensities and also develop the ability to recover faster after repeated high intensity activities.
Funding acknowledgements: The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.
Keywords:
Indian Football players
Position Specific Physiotherapy Training
Agility; Speed-Endurance; Balance
Indian Football players
Position Specific Physiotherapy Training
Agility; Speed-Endurance; Balance
Topics:
Sport & sports injuries
Sport & sports injuries
Did this work require ethics approval? Yes
Institution: Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune
Committee: Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Institutional Ethical Committee
Ethics number: Physio/2021/64
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