THE EFFECT OF COMBINED TRAINING PROGRAM ON FOOTBALL PASSING ON ACCURACY OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS UNDER 14 YEARS OLD OF PONGRATCHADAPISEK SCHOOL AT PONG DISTRICT IN PHAYAO PROVINCE

Abstract

The study aimed: - 1) to study the effect of a combined training program on the accuracy of passing football of football players (age group under 14 years) of Pong Ratchadaphisek School at Pong District in Phayao Province; and 2) to compare the results of a combined training program on the accuracy of passing football, between the experimental group and the control group. The population consisted of 22 people, divided into an experimental group and a control group, 11 people per group. The research tools were a combined training program of football players in the age group under 14 years. It has a content validity index score of 3.47, which is at the level of very appropriate. Test the accuracy of passing the football using the football skills test for youth under 14 years. It has a precision value of 0.83 and a reliability value of 0.72. Then test the accuracy of passing the football before week 1, week 4 and 8. Data were analyzed using basic statistics, mean, and standard deviation. The research results found that 1) the mean score ok accuracy in passing the football of the experimental group before training was 14.45 points. After the 4th and 8th weeks of training, the mean score were 17.27 and 18.64 points, respectively. 2) The comparison of accuracy in passing the football between the experimental and the control group showed that before training, the control group had similar scores for passing accuracy the experimental group. After the 4th and 8th week of training, the experimental group had better pass accuracy score than the control group with mean difference of 2.54 and 3.37 points, respectively.