The comparison of aerobic power performance and recuperation times of woman football players according to game positions

The purpose of this study is to compare aerobic power performances and recovery times according to playing positions of women football players. For this reason, twenty-four women football players (age: 20.4 ± 2.6 years, height: 165.8 ± 6.1 cm, weight: 56 ± 5.5 kg) are choosen. The players are applied Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Level-1 which is a field test and recovery times, maximal oxygen exhaustion values, maximal heart beating numbers, and covered distances of players are examinated according to playing positions.According to test results, there is not a meaningful difference between recovery times, maximal oxygen exhaustion values, maximal heart beating numbers, and covered distances according to playing positions of women football players are determined with Kruskal Wallis-H test (p < .05). Additionally, there is a highly, positive and significant relationship between covered distances and maximal oxygen exhaustion values of women football players are found with correlation test.As a result, there is not change of recovery times and aerobic power performances of women football players according to playing positions in football is statistically obtained.Key Words: Aerobic Power, Female Football, Playing Position, Recovery, Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test.