Effect of 12 weeks aerobic training in youth athletes on athletic performance:- the case of Agereselam world athletics club.

Aerobic training is one of among the instruments for improvement of sport performance and vital<br> for the success of athletes. However no significant of work has been made yet on the effect of<br> aerobic training on the performance of athletes in the area under study and national level at<br> large. Therefore, this thesis a move towards such gaps. The purpose of this study to examine the<br> effect of 12weeks aerobic training on the performance of athletes the case of Agereselam woreda<br> athletics club.22 athletes selected as the sample of the study, using the comprehensive of<br> sampling method. The athletes were assigned as one experimental group and their age ranges<br> from 17-19years.Pre and post training test were conducted on athletic performance. Variables<br> such as 12minute run, speed and strength. The data was collected from participates using sit up<br> test for strength,12minute run for CVE and 60 meter speed test. The physical fitness variables<br> selected for the study were: speed, strength and CVE. The activity was given from March to may<br> /2013 E.C with the frequency of 3day per week for 3month and duration was 60' per session. The<br> data were analyzed by the paired samples, t-test to examine of whether aerobic training can be<br> affect on athletic performance or not. Statically package for social science version 20 applied to<br> analyze the data. The result indicated that there were statistical significantly improvements in<br> athletes' performance on selected variables due to the effect of aerobic training. These aerobic<br> training was significant to improve the speed, strength and CVE. The mean difference between<br> pre and post tests for speed was achieved 0.59s, strength was achieved 8.46 and also CVE was<br> achieved 0.72m. The main finding of the study is improvement in athletes' performance of speed,<br> Strength, and CVE in the participates under findings due to their engagement in aerobic<br> training, they exhibit improvements on runner's performance that could help to demonstrate<br> pronounced on the CVE, strength and speed.