ISOLATED AND COMBINED EFFECT OF FUNCTIONAL TRAINING AND GRID TRAINING ON SELECTED PERFORMANCE RELATED FITNESS AND PLAYING ABILITY AMONG INTER SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS

The purpose of the study was find out the isolated and combined effect of functional and grid training on selected performance related fitness and playing ability among Football players. The selected dependent variables were agility, muscular endurance and Football playing ability. To achieve the purpose sixty Football players in the age group 14 to 17 years were selected from Kolkatta city schools. The subjects were randomly selected and divided equally in to four groups as three experimental group and control group. The experimental group I was exposed to isolated functional training (IFT), group II was exposed to isolated grid training (IGT) and group III was exposed to combined functional and grid training (CFGT)