EFFECTS OF PLYOMETRIC TRAINING ON SOME SELECTED SKILL RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS OF DILLA SELAM HOSPITAL U-17 MALE FOOTBALL PROJECT

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects plyometric training on physical fitness<br> components of Selam hospital u-17 male football project players at Dilla town. The study<br> design was quasi experimental. The population of the study were selam hospital U-17 male<br> project players whose total number were twenty five (N=25). Because of the little number of<br> study populations, all project players were taken as a sample by using census sampling<br> technique. And by using simple random method trainees were selected as an experimental<br> group (N=13) and a control group (N=12). The experimental group (EG) had eight-week low<br> to moderate plyometric training, twice per week additional to their regular training session(in<br> total five sessions per week) and the control group (CG) were participated only their regular<br> football training three sessions per week. The data was collected by field tests for speed, agility<br> and power (30-m sprint test, T-agility test and Vertical Jump test). The data analysis was done<br> by using Paired sample t-test and independent t-test using SPSS version 20 with significance<br> level of 0.05. Based on the analyzed data, the pre intervention and post intervention test<br> performance of experimetal group were significantly improved their speed 0.26(5.59%)sec<br> agility, 2.25(15.83%), and vertical jump(power) 8.47cm (19.02%). So, all alternative<br> hypothesis (H1) are accepted. As aresult, the study shown that eight weeks of plyometric<br> training improved the skill related fitness components (speed, agility and power) Dilla selam<br> hospital of u-17 male football project. Finally the study recommended that coaches, players<br> and football managements should give attention to plyometric training in delivering with other<br> forms of football training to enhance players’ skill and performance.