AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF COMMON CAUSES OF INJURIES IN FOOTBALL

Abstract: The primary purpose of the research is to quantify the causes of injuries in elite football players. Total 1000 football players from different states and national level affiliated unites of all India football federation was selected as sample size of the study. The study depends mainly on primary source of data. The data was collected through respondents in the form of Questionnaires from 1000 football players of different Academies, Clubs, States and Universities affiliated to all India football federation separately, investigator contacting footballers personally and some cases at the venue of Inter-varsity, State tournaments. The demographic information was collected through respondents in the form of different descriptive tests. The demographic information about, age, height, weight etc. was obtained before seeking responses. For the present study, modified questionnaires for footballers was utilized after the modification of this questionnaires and the test -retest reliability was found out by the researcher. The results found that 19.34% Football Players reported that they injured due to Tackle. Whereas 15.67% football players reported that they injured due to collision. Furth more, 25.30% Football Players reported that they injured during the Running. More over. 09.50% football players reported that they injure due to Twist.

Keywords: Causes, Football, injuries, Empirical, Common