Effect of Resistance Training on Shoulder Strength and Arm Explosive Power of Football Players

摘要

Throw-In limits the use of hands in game play. The throw-in can be a valuable weapon in a team's plan of attack. A powerful throw can propel the ball from the touchline to the center of the field, up the sideline, or in front of the goal. The aim of this paper was to examine the effect of resistance training on shoulder strength and arm explosive power of inter collegiate football players. For this study 60 inter collegiate men football players from Coimbatore district were selected using purposive random sampling technique. The age of the subjects ranges between 19 - 23 years. The pre test was conducted on the selected performance related variables and fter completion of pre test the subjects were randomly assigned into two groups equally so that each group has 30 subjects. The first group was named as the resistance training group (RTG) subjects were treated with Resistance training and the second group was control group did not undergo any specific training other than daily routine. The training period was scheduled for 6 weeks..