A total of 58 male participants
were recruited as subjects in the pilot project
“Off the Street, On the Ball” Midnight Football
Program of this study which was organized by
the Social Responsibility Department, Asian
Football Confederation (AFC). They were aged
between 14 to 19 years with a mean age of
16.72 (SD= 1.24) years. Instrumentations
employed in this study were the Yo-Yo
Intermittent Test, Single Sprint Test and Balsom
Agility Test to measure aerobic endurance,
speed and agility of the subjects on baseline
and post-program. Two questionnaires were
administered, namely, the Influence on Quality of
Life Scale (IQLS) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem
Scale (RSES). Between baseline and postprogram, all subjects were divided into eight
groups following four weeks of soccer-specific
periodized training programmecontrolled by
certified coach assigned to them.
Results Results of the present study
revealed that there were significant differences
in terms of all the physical fitness components
(aerobicendurance,speedandagility)betweenbaseline and post-program at p