Volume : IV, Issue : I, January - 2014

Physical and Anthropometric Characteristics of Kabaddi Players

Sk. Sabir Ali, Dr. Samirranjan Adhikari

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In India Kabaddi is considered as National Game. Much impetus has been putting only very recently to make it an international game. For this purpose academic research should be done. There is only a few research works in this filed. The present study was carried out through descriptive survey method within ex-post-facto research design. Seventy one men Kabaddi players of the teams of different Indian Universities were considered as the sample here. Data was collected from the Kabaddi players in course of Inter-University Kabaddi (Men) Tournament, held in the University of Kalyani during October 12-14, 2006. The height, weight, leg length, arm length, mid thigh girth, calf girth, body composition (i.e. body fat %, fat mass and lean body mass) and body mass index were considered as physical and anthropometric characteristics. These were measured in usual and popular method. Descriptive statistics of the physical and anthropometric characterises of Kabaddi players was calculated by using SPSS 10.1 software.

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Sk. Sabir Ali, Dr. Samirranjan Adhikari Physical and Anthropometric Characteristics of Kabaddi Players Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue. I

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