ANALYSIS OF BODY COMPOSITION AMONG INTERCOLLEGIATE MALE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Muniraj. S

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2016

ANALYSIS OF BODY COMPOSITION AMONG INTERCOLLEGIATE MALE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Muniraj. S

Abstract :

To achieve the purpose of the study, 60 volleyball players from six colleges during 2014–15 Zonal Tournament held at United Institute of Technology, Coimbatore were selected. Their age ranged from 18–21 years. The data collected from the subjects were age, weight, and skinfold measurement to find out the body composition. The collected data were analyzed at the level of 0.05, P>2.38, F ratio for following variables are BD=6.06, %BF=6.02, FM=4.56, and LBM=3.9. Whenever F ratio was significant, scheffe’s post hoc test administered and its result in BD between KTVR and KCT=0.014, CSICE and SNS=0.015 and KTVR and SNS=0.016, %BF between KTVR and KCT=6.09, CSICE and SNS =6.55 and KTVR and SNS=7.14, FM between CSICE and SNS=5.95 and LBM between KTVR and CSICE=10.98. The result of the study showed that there is a significant difference among the intercollegiate mae volleyball players in body composition.