ISSN NO : 2277-3665
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Article Name :
ANTHROPOMETRIC PROFILE OF NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS
Author Name :
M.P. GAUR
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-44
Article URL :
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Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to prepare a Anthropometric profile of national basketball players. Ninety six male basketball players in 67th National Basketball Tournament held at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana (Punjab) from 27th December 2012 to 04th January 2013 were selected as a subject for this study. Eight Anthropometric variables were taken for the study. To analysis the anthropometric data of National Basketball Players on their selected anthropometric variables, Descriptive statistics was applied. Level of significance was set at 0.05. Mean, standard deviation of different variables was, for Height M 1.90, SD 0.07, Sitting Height M 87.32, SD 6.55, Arm length M 90.63, SD63.24, Leg length 1.23, .11, Palm length 22.05, 3.56, Feet length M 29.05, SD 4.50, Shoulder Width M 45.22, SD 5.13, Weight M 80.14, and SD 8.25. Findings of this study will help the coaches and trainers to know the present scenario and physical requirement for the basketball players to achieve high performance.
Keywords :
  • basketball
  • anthropometric variables