Comparison of Some Physical and Motor Features of Footballers Playing at Winning Team in Professional and Amateur League

The purpose of this research is to determine and evaluate the performance level of footballers playing at a professional (TK Linyitsport) and an amateur (DPü; Dumlup nar University Sport) team as a result of regular training during football season, andwhether there are some physical and motor differences by applying some tests. In this study to the professional (n=21)30 andamateur (n=22) footballers; height, body weight, 30 meter speed, agility, flexibility back and leg strength, right and left hand gripstrength, vertical jump and body fat percentage measure and tests were applied. As a result of measures and tests in order tocompare the data gained from two teams at α=0.05 significance level t test was applied for independent two teams. As a resultof research the average values of teams were determined as age (TK 24.19±2.48 years, DPü 21.68±1.36 years), height (TK 178.81±5.46cm, DPü 179.36±6.35cm), body weight (TK 73.04±6.39kg, DPü 74.73±7.72kg), flexibility (TK 29.10±5.92cm,DPü 26.75±5.66cm), agility (TK 14.63±0.22 sec, DPü 14.93±0.45 sec), 30m speed (TK 4.61±0.18 sec, DPü 4.65±0.20sec),vertical jump (TK 59.29±5.75cm, DPü 63.41±6.86cm), back strenght (TK 142.90±25.43 kg, DPü 131.77±20.16kg), legstrength (TK 135.33±25.89kg, DPü 124.50±24.59kg), right hand grip strength (TK 39.92±4.73kg, DPü 46.94±6.05kg), lefthand grip strength (TK 37.64±5.74kg, DPü 45.98±3.95kg) and body fat percentage (TK 13.59±2.01%, DPü 15.24±3.32%).According to these results professional and amateurs footballers' age, right and left hand grip strength values, agility differenceswere found significant (p<0.05), height, body weight ,flexibility,30 meter speed, vertical jump, back and leg strength and bodyfat percentage values difference weren't found statistically significant (p>0.05). As a result, it is seen that both professional and amateur footballers doing regular exercises have similar values. This shows regular exercise has an effect on physical and motorfeatures.