The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of resistance and aerobic training on selected physical and physiological variables among male football players. For the present study, 45 male football players from Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu State, India, were selected at random and their age ranged from18 to 25 years. For the present study pre-test and post-test randomized group design which consists of experimental and control groups was used. The subjects were randomly assigned into three equal groups of fifteen subjects and named as Group-I, Group-II and Group-III. Group-I underwent resistance training, Group-II underwent aerobic training and Group-III acted as control and was not exposed to any specific training or conditioning. The selected physical and physiological variables were muscular strength and vital capacity. The standardized tests/equipments were used to collect relevant data namely pushups and peak flow meter. The data was collected before and after six weeks of training. The data was analysed by applying Analysis of Co-Variance(ANCOVA) technique to find out the effect of resistance and aerobic training programme. The Scheffe’s post hoc was used to find the paired mean difference if any. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level of confidence. The findings of the present study strongly indicates that resistance and aerobic training of six weeks has significant impact on selected physical and physiological variables namely muscular strength and vital capacity of football players.

Keywords:Football,Resistance,Aerobic,Physical,and Physiological.