International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education

Authors
R Ravichandaran, S Nithyanandan E Rajalakshmi

Abstract
The purpose of the study is to find out the comparison of fitness test among the football referees and footballers. In this investigation 15 active referees and 15 football players were selected as subjects. They were selected from Coimbatore, Nilgiris Districts and footballers from Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology. The age of the subjects ranged from 18 to 20 years. The following tests were performed to measure the physical fitness variables: 12min Run test was used to measure the endurance, 50 meters run test was used to measure the speed, 4x10 meters shuttle run test was used to measure the agility. A 0.05 level of significance was used to indicate statistical significance. The result of the study indicates that, there is a significant difference in the Endurance and Agility between the referees and footballers. The speed level is better to the footballers compare with the referees.