EFFECTS OF AEROBIC EXERCISE ON AGILITY, FLEXIBILITY AND CO ORDINATION OF MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS, IN BABILE TOWN, EASTERN HARARGHE ZONE, OROMIA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 12week planned aerobic exercise on selected Aerobic exercise (agility, flexibility and co- ordination ) of Male Football Players, In Babile Town, Eastern Hararghe Zone 36 male football players free from any health problems, with age group between 17 – 25 years were selected by random sampling technique from the selected subjects were divided into 2 groups i.e. controland experimental groups randomly, each group consisting of 18 players .The experimental group 12 weeks planned aerobic exercise program, three days per week and the duration was50 minutes while, the control group continued with their regular activity. Pre- test training test and post tests were conducted on the selected Agility, Flexibility AndCo-Ordination such as sit and reach test, each subject was tested at the same time of day. The data collected from subjects were analyzed bySPSS version 20.0 and the effect of mean value results was carried out by paired sample t- test. The level of significance was p<0.05. The finding of the present study showed significance (P0.05) improvement in experimental group than control group of the study assit and reach test (Mean difference 17.3861 ]Mean +SD (Mean difference 1.22472)and (Mean difference 12.234) for experimental group. However, in the control group there was not significance difference or improvement seen in all selected Agility, Flexibility and Co-Ordination. So this study concluded that 12week aerobic exercise have a positive effect on improving these selected Agility, Flexibility And Co-Ordination