Study to select the circumference of body parts of football and volleyball players

Abstract

The present study was designed to determine the study to select the circumferences of body parts of football and volleyball players. Total forty (N=40) Football (N=20) and Volleyball (N=20) players were selected to act as subjects for the present study, with the age ranging between 18-25 years. In consultation with the experts in the field, minutely gleaning through the literature available and considering the feasibility criteria in mind, especially the availability of instrument. The following components of Kin anthropometric variables were selected for the present study circumference of body parts such as chest circumference, abdominal circumference, upper arm circumference, forearm circumference, thigh circumference and calf circumference. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 16.0 for windows (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA). All descriptive data were report as mean and standard deviation. Independent samples t-test was used to test if population means estimated by two independent samples differed significantly. The level of significance to test the hypothesis was set at 0.05. The results authenticated that, insignificant differences among between football and volleyball players for their thigh circumference and significant difference found chest circumference, abdominal circumference, upper arm circumference, forearm circumference and calf circumference.