A study of kin anthropometric characteristics of football and volleyball players

Abstract

The present study was designed to determine the study of kin anthropometric characteristics 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 such as gross body weight and height, length of body parts such as arm length and leg length. 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 powerfully prove that, insignificant differences were observed between football and volleyball players for their weight. Whereas significant difference found in height. On the other hand the results strongly confirm that, insignificant differences were observed between football and volleyball players for their leg length and significant difference found in arm length.