Year: 2026 | Month: February | Volume: 16 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 300-312
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20260233
Effect of Neuromuscular Training Versus FIFA 11+ Program on Agility Performance in Collegiate Football Players
Kuppili Sahithi Reddy1, A. Chaturvedi Pilladi2, Patchava Apparao3, Chintada Ganapati Swamy4, Rayudu Geetha Mounika5
1MPT Sports, Department of Sports, GSL College of Physiotherapy, Dr. NTR University, Vijayawada, India.
2Professor, Vice Principal, Department of Sports, Swatantra Institute of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Dr. NTR University, Vijayawada, India.
3Principal, Department of Orthopaedics, Swatantra Institute of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Dr. NTR University, Vijayawada, India.
4Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Community Medicine, GSL Medical College, Dr. NTR University, Vijayawada, India.
5Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, GSL College of Physiotherapy, Dr. NTR University, Vijayawada, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Kuppili Sahithi Reddy (PT)
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Football is a dynamic sport that requires frequent sprints, accelerations, decelerations and rapid changes of direction which are all essential aspects of agility. A football player with good agility plays a crucial part for team’s success in the game. Neuromuscular training and FIFA 11+ program have been widely used methods shown to enhance agility in football players. However, no study has compared their relative effectiveness in collegiate football players. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects of neuromuscular training and FIFA 11+ training program on agility performance in collegiate football players.
METHODS: Quasi experimental study, where 90 subjects were randomly allocated into two groups using systematic random sampling with 45 subjects each group. Group-A received neuromuscular training and Group- B received FIFA 11+ program training with 3 sessions per week for 8 weeks. Agility-T test was the outcome measure used in the study for agility measurement.
RESULTS: Independent t-test was used to compare the mean significance difference between groups. Paired t-test was used to assess the statistical difference between pre-test and post-test scores. Statistical analysis of the data revealed that within the group comparison, both groups showed significant improvement in all parameters with p value of 0.001. Whereas, in between the group’s comparison, neuromuscular training group (9.61±0.44) showed better agility performance improvement than the FIFA 11+ group (10.10±0.73).
CONCLUSION: After eight weeks of training both the groups A & B showed significant improvement. Group-A showed effective results than Group B.
Key words: neuromuscular training, FIFA 11+ training, Agility-T test, agility performance, collegiate football players