Assessment of body fat percentage of male Kabaddi players of Madhya Pradesh at different level of achievements

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the body Fat Percentage of the male Kabaddi players of Madhya Pradesh at different levels of achievements. The subjects for this study were 120 Kabaddi players from three levels of achievement, i.e. Junior National Level, Senior National Level and Inter University Level. Each group consists of 40 subjects. The age of the subjects ranged between 17-28 years. For calculation of Body Fat Percentage US Navy Method was used. This method requires Height, Waist Circumference and Neck Circumference. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA are applied to describe the characteristics of the group and to compare the Fat Percentage of Kabaddi Players between Junior National Level, Senior National Level and Inter University Level Players. No significant mean difference was found in Kabaddi Players at different level of achievements i.e. in Junior National Level, Senior Level National and Inter University Level Kabaddi players in Body Fat Percentage.