ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study was to compare the selected physical fitness components and physiological parameters of football players belonged to North east and other states of India.For this purpose 50 (fifty) football players from North East and 50 (fifty) from other states who represented Inter-collegiate football tournament of S. G. B. Amravati University, Amravati were selected as the subjects for the present study.The age of the selected subject was ranged from 18 to 25 years. The data were collected on the selected subjects by administrating 50 mtr. Dash for speed, 4 x 10 mtr. Shuttle run for agility, standing board jump for explosive leg strength, 12 min. run and walk test for cardiovascular endurance, bend knee sit up for muscular endurance, dry spirometer for vital capacity, pulse count for 1 min. with stethoscope for heart rate, up and down movement of the abdomen in 1 min. for respiratory rate. To determine the signifi cant different if any between the selected groups independent t test was computed separately for each variable. The result showed the significant different in agility, explosive leg strength, respiratory rate and vital capacity. The finding also reveal that t he football players belonged to North east state were significantly superiorto the other states’ football players.