A Study of Anaerobic Power and Capacity of Football Players

The purpose of this study was to observe and report anaerobic power and capacity of football players. The design of this study required participants to perform six sprints each of 35 meter. Thirty six (N=36) male football players between the ages of 17 and 28 years volunteered for this study. The mean age, height and weight of football players was 21±2year, 172±6.81cm and 67.50±9.94Kg respectively. The mean sprint time of 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th and 6th sprint of football players was 5.50±0.39 seconds, 5.50±0.55 seconds, 5.57±0.56 seconds, 5.78±0.55 seconds, 5.83±0.59 seconds and 5.88±0.62 seconds respectively. The mean power generated during the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th sprints by football players was 506.94±119.65 watts, 522.58±165.63 watts, 490.64±134.88 watts, 443.72±137.38 watts, 438.17±132.76 watts and 422.22±130.16 watts respectively. The maximum power, minimum power, average power and fatigue index of football players was 579.94±147.78watts, 376.00±111.66watts, 470.78±114.76watts and 6.00±3.45 respectively. It was concluded from the results of this study that sprint time increased, power declined with a high fatigue index, the football players may need to focus on improving lactate tolerance and this could be a focus of their training programme.