A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INJURIES TO DIFFERENT FIELD POSITION AMONG AGED

GROUP FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Dr. Sinku Kumar Singh

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare the injuries to different field position among aged group football players.  The investigator has made an attempt to classify or define the groups of footballers based on age.  Accordingly three groups of footballers were targeted; Junior, Young and senior group football players aged between 14 to 30 years. The investigator personally contacted the players and the purpose of the study was explained to them.  Further instructions were given by the investigator to the players for the completion of questionnaire.  A questionnaire prepared by Cromwell & Gromely (2000) for elite Gaelic football players and modified by the investigator was used. The information of injuries collected from 685 football players of three groups Total 480 injuries out of 388 football players were found out over the one year of the period. Means, Standard deviations, one way analysis of variance  and Scheffee post hoc test were utilized to compare and identify the incidence of injuries among three groups of competitive footballers. The result reveals that there was statistically significant differences of incidence of injuries was found in center forward  (F = 28.16, P < .05),right full back (F = 7.18, P < .05), left full back (F = 13.12, P < .05), out Side left forward(F = 3.47, P < .05), center halves(F = 12.60, P < .05) and non specific midfielder ( F= 11.70, P < .05) in relation to different field positions. 

Keywords: Injuries, Risk, Incidence and Position.