A study on relationship of anthropometric measurements of pole vault players

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the selected anthropometric measurements i.e. height, weight, arm length, leg length and speed of pole vault players. 20 male pole vault players Manonmaniam Sundaranar University inter collegiate meet were selected. To analyze the collected data, inter correlation matrix was employed. The finding revealed that there was significant difference in anthropometric measurements such as height, arm length and leg length. But there was no significant difference between weight and pole vaulting performance.