2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A

Study Aim: The aim of this study was to find out the influence of resistance training on speed among professional soccer players.

Material and Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted on sixty, boys (age 18-30 years) from the East Bengal Football Club, Kolkata, India. All the subjects were informed about the objectives and protocol of the study. Subjects with history of any infective or respiratory ailment condition were excluded from the study. The participants participated in the study voluntarily. The Physical fitness variable (viz., Speed) was selected for the purpose the study.

Statistical Analysis: The normality of data was checked by using the Shapiro-Wilk test of normality. A descriptive analysis was used to describe the data distribution. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) test was included in the present study. The statistical techniques were used to analyze the data on Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26.0. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Results: The mean difference between the Experimental and the Control group was .144. The experimental group showed significantly better on variable Speed than the control group as the P-value (Sig.) .000.