Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of fartlek training and sand training on the
selected physiologicalvariables ofintercollegiate players of large area games.To achieve the purpose of this
study,ninetyintercollegiate players of large area games (Hockey Football and Cricket) were selected from,
Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu. The subject‟s age ranged from 18 to
24 years and they were divided into three equal groups namely fartlek training group, sand training group
and control group.Thefartlek training group, sand training group underwent training programme for the
period of ten weeks, and control group has not under gone any type of training. The data were collected
before and after the training programme. The selected data was statistically analyzed by using analysis of
co-variance (ANCOVA). The result of the study reveals that was an insignificant difference between fartlek
training group and sand training group on the selected physiological variables (vital capacity).