Abstract
This study sought to investigate the effect of eight-week set-pieces and double-teaming training on scoring precision of the University of Ibadan football players. The proposed sample size for this study was twenty one football players of the University of Ibadan. All the participants completed the intervention programme. Randomised pretest-posttest experimental research design of 3 X 2 X 3 factorial matrix was used for the study. Descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentages was used to analyse the demographic data and research questions while inferential statistics of Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Two research questions were answered while seven hypotheses were tested. Findings from this study revealed that there was a significant main effect of treatment on scoring precision of the football players. (F = 65.120, p<.05, η2=.963). The eta value of 0.963 showed that 96.3% of the variance in the participant’s score was accounted for by the intervention. It was also observed that there was a variance of 87.5 percent accounted for by the independent variables combined together. There was no significant main effect of playing position on scoring precision. Likewise, there was no significant main effect of playing experience on scoring precision. The interaction effect of the two moderating variables was not significant. The study also concluded that the interaction effect of treatment, playing position and playing experience has no significant effect on scoring precision of the University of Ibadan players. Based on the findings of this study, it was concluded that the treatment was effective on scoring precision among football players. However, it was noted that double-teaming was better on scoring precision than set-pieces.
 
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Highlights
Football is a sport played between two teams of at least, seven and at most, eleven players with a spherical ball
Participants with long playing experience playing in the midfield are better than the participants with short playing experience playing in the midfield in scoring precision
Overall comparison shows that participants with long playing experience playing forward were the best in scoring precision followed by those with long playing experience playing in the midfield while participants with long playing experience and playing in the defence are the least in scoring precision
Summary
Football is a sport played between two teams of at least, seven and at most, eleven players with a spherical ball. The main objective of this game is to score goals. The concept of scoring precision is a major factor that must be taken seriously because it is the architect of the objective of football game. The objective of the game is to score goals by moving the ball completely beyond the goal line between the goal posts and under the crossbar. The ability to execute skilled movement patterns efficiently and effectively to score goals into the opposing goal is about the most important aspect of football performance. Football players must apply certain skills, techniques, and tactics to execute goal scoring precision. Football involves majorly three types of skills viz: tactical, technical and goal scoring precision
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