Effect of different modes of sports training on muscular endurance among anna university men football players

The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of different modes of sports training on muscular endurance among Anna University men football players. The study was conducted on sixty men(n=60) Football players studying various Engineering Colleges Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, and who have participated in the inter collegiate Football tournaments during the academic year 2016–2017 were selected as subjects. The age of the subjects were ranged from 17 to 21 years. The subjects were assigned at random into four groups of fifteen each (n=15). Group-I underwent Aerobic Training, Group-II underwent Anaerobic training, Group-III underwent Skill training and Group-IV acted as Control. All the three groups undergo their respective training for 12 weeks in addition to the regular training as per College curriculum. Muscular Endurance only was selected as dependent variable and it was assessed by Bent Knee Sit-up test. The data was collected from the four groups prior to and post experimentation on Muscular Endurance was statistically analyzed by using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Hence, whenever the obtained f-ratio value was significant the Scheffe's test was applied as post hoc test to determine the paired mean differences, if any. In all the cases 0.05 level of significance was fixed. The results of the study showed there was a significant differences among the selected groups, further the results showed, Skill training group was better than other groups on the development of Muscular Endurance.