THE EFFECT OF FARTLEK TRAINING AND SAND TRAINING ON THE SELECTED PHYSICAL FITNESS VARIABLES OF INTERCOLLEGIATE PLAYERS OF LARGE AREA GAMES

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of fartlek training and sand training on the selected physical fitness variables of intercollegiate players of large area games.To achieve the purpose of this study, ninety intercollegiate players of large area games (Football, Cricket, Hockey) were selected from, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu. The subject’s age ranged from 18 to 21 years and they were divided into three equal groups namely fartlek training group, sand training group and control group.Thefartlek training group, sand training group underwent training programme for the period of twelve weeks, and control group has not under gone any type of training. The data were collected before and after the training programme. The selected data was statistically analyzed by using analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA). The result of the study reveals that was an insignificant difference between fartlek training group and sand training group on the selected physical fitness variables (Cardiovascular Endurance)