Abstract:
Aerobic exercise is one way to improve physical and psychological aspects of health. The
role of exercise was to improve players performance and reduce in risk of premature
mortality due to coronary heart disease and other illnesses is widely accepted, The
purpose of this study was to assess the effect of 12 Weeks Aerobics Training on Selected
Health Related Physical Fitness of Football Players: The Case of Dodola Town; West
Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. The study was randomized experimental
design was used for this study. The players were selected using simple random sampling
technique. All 30 trainees were participate (CG = 15) and (EG = 15). In this study the
dependent variable selected health related physical fitness includes flexibility, muscular
strength and cardiovascular endurance which were tested using sit and reach test,
standing long jump and 2.4Km (6laps) respectively, while independent variable was.12
week aerobics training protocol. Data were entered into SPSS version 25. Mean and
standard deviation was used to analyze demographic characteristics of sprinters.
Friedman rank test was used to analyze the effect of 12 weeks aerobic training on health
related physical fitness of football players. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05.
The study result shows that statistical significance was observed among experimental
group of flexibility, muscular strength and cardiovascular endurance across pretest,
during and posttest. The study concludes that 12 weeks aerobics training on selected
health related physical fitness of football players: The Case of Dodola Town; West Arsi
Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. The study recommends that to coaches so as to
incorporate 12 Weeks Aerobics Training in their training program.
