Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the independent and combined effects of medicine ball and ladder training on football players' agility. Due to the study's objectives, 120 high school males were chosen at random to serve as subjects from the Sir Theagaraya College area in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The chosen participants were divided into four groups of thirty (n=30) at random. Group I (n=30) received ladder training, Group II (n=30) received medicine ball training, Group III (n=30) received combined training for twelve weeks, three days a week, in addition to the usual schedule, and Group IV (n=30) served as the control group, receiving no special training other than what they did for fun. Every participant is made aware of the purpose of the study, and their agreement is sought in order to secure their cooperation through the conclusion of the training and experimental phase. Agility tests were administered to the individuals both before to and during the training session. A shuttle run was used to evaluate agility before and after the training session. The current study used Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) as a statistical method. When the adjusted post-test means' "F" ratio was found to be significant at the 0.05 level of significance, the Scheffé S test was employed as a post-hoc test. When compared to the control group, agility is impacted by ladder, medicine ball, and combination training groups. Combined (ladder and medicine ball training) may have better influence on agility of football players.
Keywords: Medicine ball training, ladder training and agility
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