Volume : V, Issue : V, May - 2015

COMPRATIVE STUDY OF SOMATOTYPE BETWEEN FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY PLAYERS

Dr. Manohar Lal

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 The present investigation has been conducted on 100 athletes with an aim to find out difference in somatotype among the footballers (n=50) and hockey players (n=50). The data for the present study were  collected during the inter colleges of Himachal Pradesh University in the session 2008–2009. Each athlete was tested  for various anthropometric measurements necessary for somatotype. Somatotype ratings were calculated by the equations developed by Heath and Carter (1990). To compare the somatotype between footballers and hockey players the  independent ‘t’ test was applied. The results indicated that footballers were younger, taller, and heavier than hockey  players. It has been also found that footballers were dominant on endomorph component than hockey players and difference was found significant. However hockey players were dominant on mesomorph and ectomorph component than  footballers and differences were found insignificant.

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Dr. Manohar Lal COMPRATIVE STUDY OF SOMATOTYPE BETWEEN FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY PLAYERS Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 5 May 2015

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