Author(s): Rudranath Chatterjee

Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out and compare of foot reaction time and hand eye coordination of football players in respect of playing positions. A total number of 319 male positional football players classified into four groups, were selected as subjects from Kolkata suburban different football coaching camps. In this research, Foot reaction time and hand eye coordination variables were measured by standard procedures and SPSS software was used to analysis of data. One-way ANOVA and Post hoc compare of means was used to find out the significant difference among the groups as well as to observe which group was different from the other groups. The result showed that significant difference in mean was found in Foot reaction time and hand eye coordination among the positional groups. Result also found that Foot reaction time goalkeeper group was significantly superior in comparison to all positional group of football players. Likewise, goalkeeper group was significantly superior in hand eye coordination when comparison with defender group and midfielder groups. The Foot reaction time and hand eye coordination variables of footballers play significant role in respect of playing position and overall game performance.

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