COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FOOTBALL SKILL PERFORMANCE AMONG THE RURAL AND URBAN SECONDARY SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS

The main aim of this study was to find out the differences of football skill performance between urban and rural Secondary school boys. The present study was attempted on 500 male subjects (N=500) from rural and urban secondary school football players, were selected from five (5) district in western region of West Bengal. Two hundred fifty (250) subjects were selected each from rural and urban secondary schools. Fifty (50) rural and Fifty (50) urban subjects were selected from each district. Ten (10) subjects were selected each from rural and urban secondary schools from five schools with the help of simple random sampling method, those who were participated sub divisional football tournament at least two years in the session 2022-2024. The subject’s age ranged between 14 to 16 years. The football skills performance of the subjects were estimated on the basis of ‘SAI Football Skill Test’. It includes test items such as; 30 metre running with the ball, kicking accuracy and juggling. The data collected for each variable administering ‘SAI Football Skill Test’. The selected variables were analysed by using independent sample ‘t’ test. The result of the study found that there was significance differences of football skill performance between urban and rural school football players with respect to 30 metre running with the ball and juggling but no significant difference was found with respect to kicking accuracy.