PREDICTION OF DRIBBLING ABILITY THROUGH SELECTED PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENTS AMONG UNIVERSITY MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Keywords

Dribbling ability, physical fitness components, speed, agility, muscular endurance and Pearson Product Moment Correlation

Abstract

The study was confined to the university level male football players those who were participating in the South Zone Inter University Football Tournament held Mahathma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala during the year 2013 – 2014. One hundred and twenty university male football players from ten schools (n = 12), with age group between 19 and 27 years, were selected as subjects for the current study. The selected criterion variables, such as, dribbling ability, speed; agility and muscular endurance were selected for this study. The dribbling ability was assessed by Mor-Christian General soccer ability skill test, speed was assessed by administering 50 meters dash, agility was assessed by conducting 4 x 10 yards shuttle run and muscular endurance was assessed by administering sit-ups test. The Pearson Product Moment correlation and multiple regression equation were used to find out the relationship between the selected football playing ability such as, dribbling ability and selected physical fitness components such as, speed, agility and muscular endurance. The result of the study shows that there was a significant relationship between the dribbling ability and selected motor fitness components such as, speed, agility and muscular endurance.