BACKGROUND- Football success requires a combination of technical, tactical, psychological, and physical abilities, including aerobic and anaerobic power, muscle strength, flexibility, and agility. Plyometric exercises are fast and explosive movements that require a pre-stretch or counter-movement, utilizing the stretch-shortening cycles. Examples of plyometric exercises include bounding, box jumps, depth jumps, standing and multiple jumps, and hops. The stretch shortening cycles consist of three distinct phases: eccentric contraction, amortization, and concentric contraction. The eccentric phase involves the stretching of the agonist muscle group, while the concentric phase involves the rapid shortening of the same muscle group. Circuit training is an excellent method to enhance flexibility, power, and endurance. The circuit training involves performing 6 to 10 strength exercises in succession. Each exercise is completed for a predetermined number of repetitions or for a specific duration before transitioning to the next exercise. The exercises within each circuit are separated by a brief pause, and each circuit is separated by a more extended break. The number of circuits executed during a training session can range from two to six, depending on your training level (beginner, intermediate, or advanced), the duration of your training period (preparation or competition), and your specific training goal. METHOD- The research was carried out at the physiotherapy department of career college bhopal, and a total of 50 individuals who met the specific criteria were selected to participate in the study. They were assigned randomly into two groups, group A and group B, respectively. Participants in group A underwent plyometric training, while those in group B engaged in circuit training. Training received by both the Groups for 6 weeks. RESULTS- The parametric test was utilized to analyse both Group A and Group B in this study. Group mean values were compared within the same group by paired t-test and between groups (Group A in comparison with Group B) by independent t-test. Significant amount of improvement in strength/speed/agility were noted even in Group A and comparison between group when mean values can be taken, than it has comes out to be good than group A as its observed in good p=value 0.005, 0.006 and 0.005 respectively when compare to base line. CONCLUSION- The present study concludes that Plyometric and Circuit training both training are effective in improving Strength, Speed and Agility in recreational football players but Circuit training group shows slightly more improvement in Strength, Speed and Agility as compare to the Plyometric training. The study shows significant result and thus we accepted the alternative hypothesis. KEYWORS-Plyometric training, Circuit training, Strength, Speed, Agility, Recreational football players, Vertical jump test, 50M Dash test, Agility T test CONSENT: Informed consent was taken from all participants in the study for the publication work in the journal.
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