ISSN NO : 2277-3665
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Article Name :
A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON LEG LENGTH, THIGH GIRTH AND EXPLOSIVE LEG STRENGTH OF THREE DIFFERENT DISTRICT VOLLEY BALL PLAYERS OF WEST BENGAL
Author Name :
Avijeet Rana, Kallol Chaterjee
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-385
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Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to find out the differences in leg length, thigh circumference and explosive leg strength of three different district volleyball players of West Bengal. In this studytotal thirty six male volleyball players (12 from each district) were selected from three different district namely North 24pargana, Hooghly and Burdwanas subjects. The age ranged from 14 to 20 years.The leg length, thigh circumference and leg explosive strength of the subjects was measured and SargentJump test was administered to measure explosive leg strength. Analysis of variance was applied by using Microsoft excel 2007 computer software to analyse the data. On the basis of result this study concluded that there has a significant difference in leg length among three different district Volleyball players and players of North 24Parganas were greater than other two district namely Hooghly and Burdwan. No significant difference was found in thigh circumference among three different district volleyball players. In case of explosive Leg strength there also has a significant difference among three different district Volleyball players and volleyball players of North 24Parganas were better than Hooghly andBurdwan.
Keywords :
  • leg length
  • thigh circumfer- ence
  • vertical jump
  • volley ball player