To Investigate the Significant Differences in Anaerobic Capacity Among Soccer Players of Different Playing Positions

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to compare anaerobic capacity in different playing positions of soccer players. For this study, a total of 45 (N=45) players, 15 each forward, midfielder, and defender players between 18 to 30 years of age who had been participating in at least state league tournaments were selected randomly. Sargent Jump-Lewis Nomogram was administered to obtain the pertaining data for anaerobic capacity. To find out the characteristics and means difference among the three groups, descriptive analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA) were employed and tested at 0.05 level of confidence. The finding of the study reveals that there were significant mean differences in the comparison of the means among forward, midfielder, and defender as the obtained values of F=8.35 is greater than the table value F=3.22 at 0.05 level of confidence (P<0.05). Hence, further post hoc test was applied by using Scheffe’s method to determine paired means differences of the different playing positions of soccer players.