Relationship of Selected Physical Variables to Playing Ability of Seniornational Level Soccer Players

Abstract

Soccer is the most popular sport in world. Performance at optimal levels requires high levels of technical, tactical and physiological skills. Identification and selection of talented soccer players are not straightforward procedures.The data collected was analyzed by applying Pearson's product moment Correlation (r).  This was used to find out the relationship of physical variables to playing abilities of senior national level soccer players, Kerala state. The subjects for the study were selected from during the time of Kerala state senior football coaching camp (Santosh trophy) held at FACT Udyogamandal ground Ernakulam. Age of the subjects ranged between 24 to 30 years.. They were tested on physical variables, namely speed, power, flexibility, endurance, and agility.These variables were put into statistical analysis of simple correlation and partial correlation to find out the relationship between selected criterions variables to playing ability.