Impact of Medicine Ball Training on Abdominal Strength and Muscular Strength in Football Players

Abstract

The study aims to determine the impact of medicine ball training on abdominal and muscular strength among football players in New Delhi. To achieve the study goal, thirty(n=30) football players of Indian nationality were chosen at random as subjects from VK Sports Academy. Their age ranges from 8 to 12 years. The selected participants were randomly divided into two groups. Group 1 was regarded as the Experimental group (n=15) while Group 2 was regarded as the Control group(n=15). The experimental group participated in medicine ball training on three alternative days per week for 6 weeks with each session lasting for 45 minutes. The control group underwent no specific training but participated in football activities.

The Sit-ups (Aapher Youth Fitness Test) were used to test abdominal and muscular strength which were then selected as factors. The pre and post-test data on selected criteria variables were obtained before and after the test. They were statistically analyzed using the dependent t-test using Excel and analysis of covariance with Anacova. The level of significance was set at a 0.05 level of confidence. It was concluded that the experimental group had considered an improvement in medicine ball training while the control group showed no significant change