Researching the strength, endurance, and flexibility levels effect of training program with ten weeks duration on junior category of primary school students playing football

ABSTRACTErcan, Ü. Researching The Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility Levels Effect of Training Program With Ten Weeks Duration on Junior Category of Primary School Students Playing Football, Dumlupınar University, Institute of Health Science, Department of Physical Education and Sport, Master Thesis, Kütahya, 2012. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of training with ten weeks duration on push-up, shuttle, shuttle run test, exploder forces, endurance, and flexibility of students who play football team in elementary mini-football league.In this research?s 11-12 years old students in fifth and sixth classes in Hüdaverdi Aydın Elementary School who play football in Elementary Mini-Football League determined as study population. This study was applied in 11-12 years old boys in Hüdaverdi Aydın Elementary School as sampling group. In this research, age, weight, length, vertical jump test, reach, press-up, shuttle test were took in first day, and vertical jump and long jump were took in second day, and shuttle-run test was took in third day by 3 Physical Sport and Education teachers. To determine difference between repeated measures, ? was calculated as 0.05. t test was used in repeated measures.Test results have showed that the differences between repeated measurements for height, push-ups, sit-ups, standing long jump, shuttle run and flexibility were found statistically significant. Although there are differences between for the first and the second measurements for vertical jump and body weight, these differences were not statistically significant.Keywords: Football, Aerobic Capacity, Endurance.