A comparative study of anthropometric characteristics between the college level male cricket and volleyball players of Chhattisgarh

Abstract

The purpose of present study was to discover the dissimilarities of anthropometric measures between the male Cricket and Volleyball players. The selected subjects were aged between 18-25 years. Significant differences were found between both groups with regard to the variables: Standing & Sitting Height, Body Weight, Leg-length, Arm-length, Bi-Acromial Diameter, Ankle Diameter, and Circumference of Upper-Arm& Calf, and Skin fold of- Biceps, Triceps and Calf. Findings indicated no significant differences between both groups for the variables: Bicondylar Humerus Diameter, Wrist Diameter, Bicondylar Femur Diameter, Forearm Circumference, Thigh Circumference, Subscapular skinfold and Suprailliac skinfold. Independent t-test was used to identify the differences of anthropometric measures between Cricket and Volleyball players. The level of significance was set at 0.05 level. The result of the study revealed that Cricketers had greater lengths whereas Volleyballers had greater diameters and skinfold score.