doi no.: 05-2016-44975451,  DOI Link :: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/06.2018-98612299/

Buvanendiran¹ &   Dr. N.D. Virupaksha²

Affiliations

¹ Research Scholar, Dept. of P.G Studies & Research in Physical Education &Sports, Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India. Email Id:buvanphyedu@gmail.com Mob:9663724878

² Coordinator, Dept. of P.G Studies & Research in Physical Education & Sports Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India. Email Id: vsporty@gmail.com

Corresponding author: Email: buvanphyedu@gmail.com (Mr. Buvanendiran)

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The main objective of this study was to investigate the selected anthropometric measurements between basketball and handball elite athletes of Sri Lanka.  Aim of the study: To investigate the selected anthropometric measurements between basketball and handball elite male athletes of Sri Lanka.  Methods: The sample consists of forty athletes N=40 (Age ranged between 18-32 years). Out of which twenty N=20 basketball elite male athletes and other twenty N=20 handball elite male. They were the members of the Sri Lankan national team camp during preparation for their international competition in Colombo 2017. Anthropometric measurements namely; standing height, body weight, arm length, upper arm girth, forearm girth, thigh girth, calf girth, chest girth, and leg length were selected for this study. Result and Discussion: To determine the significant differences of anthropometric measurements, the data was analyzed by applying independent t – test in order to determine the anthropometric differences between the basketball and handball male athletes, 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the significance. Conclusions: The results showed that there was significant difference in the selected four anthropometric measurements between basketball and handball athletes, and not found significant difference in five measurements.

Key words: Anthropometric measurements, Team games, Elite athletes, Basketball, Handball.

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