EFFECTS OF CIRCUIT TRAINING ON PHYSICAL FITNESS OF FOOTBALL PROJECT IN BORICHA TOWN SIDAMA REIGION

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of circuit training on physical fitness<br> variables. The study was employed experimental research design from boricha town male u-20<br> football players total populations, 36 sample players were selected with age of (EG=18+ 0.686,<br> CG=18+0.608) and divided randomly in to 2 groups. Both the EG (n=18) and CG (n=18) were<br> participated in this study. From this experimental group were only participated in the circuit<br> training 3 sessions per a week of 60minutes per a session. Pre and post test results of the<br> physical fitness variables were taken from both groups. CRE was measured by using 12minet run<br> test, power were tested by shot put (in meter), muscular endurance were tested by using sit up,<br> muscular strength were measured by using push up test and agility were measured by shuttle run<br> test. The data collected from the study subject was analyzed by using SPSS version 20 software.<br> By using paired t-test from pre to post test results of the variables and the level of significance at<br> 0.05. The result should showed physical fitness components such as CRE (MD=-0.675), power<br> (MD= 0.492), ME (MD=2.111), MS (MD= 3.278) and agility (MD=1.203) were improved<br> significantly followed in the circuit training in EG at (p&lt;0.05). However CG has no significant<br> change on the physical fitness variables on post-test.<br> Finally the researcher concluded that effect of circuit training has a significant improvement on<br> the physical fitness variables, such as cardio respiratory endurance, power, muscular<br> endurance, muscular strength and agility.