Anthropometric and physiological characteristics on Indian inter-university volleyball players

The purpose of this study was of two-folds, firstly, to evaluate the anthropometric profile of Indian inter-university volleyball players and, secondly, to search the correlation of body mass index, % body fat, hand grip strength (right dominant) and Vo2max. with other anthropometric characteristics...

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Main Authors: SHYAMAL KOLEY, JARNAIL SINGH, JASPAL SINGH SANDHU
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Language:English
Published: University of Alicante 2010-10-01
Series:Journal of Human Sport and Exercise
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Online Access:http://www.jhse.ua.es/index.php/jhse/article/view/109/261
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JARNAIL SINGH
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description The purpose of this study was of two-folds, firstly, to evaluate the anthropometric profile of Indian inter-university volleyball players and, secondly, to search the correlation of body mass index, % body fat, hand grip strength (right dominant) and Vo2max. with other anthropometric characteristics studied. Eleven anthropometric characteristics, four body composition parameters, two physical and two physiological variables and nine arm anthropometric characteristics were measured on randomly selected 63 inter-university Indian volleyball players (38 males and 25 females) aged 18–25 years from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India with adequate controls (n = 102, 52 males and 50 females). The results indicated that male volleyball players were taller (6.63%) and heavier (7.31%) and female volleyball players were slightly taller (0.31%) and lighter (3.74%) than their control counterparts. One way analysis of variance showed significant (p≤0.004-0.000) between group differences in all the variables (except hip circumference) between volleyball players and controls. In volley players, significantly positive correlations were found with BMI and other 19 variables, with percent body fat and 6 variables, with right hand grip strength and 20 variables and with Vo2max and other 19 variables, and significantly negative correlations were found with percent body fat and other 16 variables, with right hand grip strength and other 7 variables and with Vo2max with other 8 variables. The findings of the present study might be useful in future investigation on player selection, talent identification in volleyball and training program development.
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spelling doaj.art-c12b7359b04a4a1e948405a09ab83eec2022-12-22T02:59:19ZengUniversity of AlicanteJournal of Human Sport and Exercise1988-52022010-10-0153389399Anthropometric and physiological characteristics on Indian inter-university volleyball playersSHYAMAL KOLEYJARNAIL SINGHJASPAL SINGH SANDHUThe purpose of this study was of two-folds, firstly, to evaluate the anthropometric profile of Indian inter-university volleyball players and, secondly, to search the correlation of body mass index, % body fat, hand grip strength (right dominant) and Vo2max. with other anthropometric characteristics studied. Eleven anthropometric characteristics, four body composition parameters, two physical and two physiological variables and nine arm anthropometric characteristics were measured on randomly selected 63 inter-university Indian volleyball players (38 males and 25 females) aged 18–25 years from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India with adequate controls (n = 102, 52 males and 50 females). The results indicated that male volleyball players were taller (6.63%) and heavier (7.31%) and female volleyball players were slightly taller (0.31%) and lighter (3.74%) than their control counterparts. One way analysis of variance showed significant (p≤0.004-0.000) between group differences in all the variables (except hip circumference) between volleyball players and controls. In volley players, significantly positive correlations were found with BMI and other 19 variables, with percent body fat and 6 variables, with right hand grip strength and 20 variables and with Vo2max and other 19 variables, and significantly negative correlations were found with percent body fat and other 16 variables, with right hand grip strength and other 7 variables and with Vo2max with other 8 variables. The findings of the present study might be useful in future investigation on player selection, talent identification in volleyball and training program development.http://www.jhse.ua.es/index.php/jhse/article/view/109/261ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICSHAND GRIP STRENGTHVO2MAXINDIAN INTER-UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS
spellingShingle SHYAMAL KOLEY
JARNAIL SINGH
JASPAL SINGH SANDHU
Anthropometric and physiological characteristics on Indian inter-university volleyball players
Journal of Human Sport and Exercise
ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS
HAND GRIP STRENGTH
VO2MAX
INDIAN INTER-UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS
title Anthropometric and physiological characteristics on Indian inter-university volleyball players
title_full Anthropometric and physiological characteristics on Indian inter-university volleyball players
title_fullStr Anthropometric and physiological characteristics on Indian inter-university volleyball players
title_full_unstemmed Anthropometric and physiological characteristics on Indian inter-university volleyball players
title_short Anthropometric and physiological characteristics on Indian inter-university volleyball players
title_sort anthropometric and physiological characteristics on indian inter university volleyball players
topic ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS
HAND GRIP STRENGTH
VO2MAX
INDIAN INTER-UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS
url http://www.jhse.ua.es/index.php/jhse/article/view/109/261
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