Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to analyse the selected anthropometric variables of the junior volleyball men teams in the FIVB World Championships, during the year 2009. To achieve the purpose of the study, top eight teams of the Junior World Championships during the year 2009 were selected. The top eight teams were from Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, India, Russia, Belgium, Iran and USA. Height and weight were selected as anthropometrical variables and tested using stadiometer and electronic weighing machine respectively during the tournament. To test the significance of the mean difference among the top eight teams, analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used. In case of any significance of mean difference on the criterion measure, to find out which pair of group was better among the others, the Scheffe’s post – hoc test was applied. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level. The results reveal that the Russian volleyball players are having better standing height followed by USA, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Iran, India and Belgium. The results reveal that the USA volleyball players have recorded high in the body weight followed by Russia, Argentina, Brazil, Iran, Cuba, India and Belgium. From the analysis it was concluded that there were no significant differences in standing height among the top eight volleyball teams. From the analysis it was concluded that in the body weight significant differences are found between India and USA, Belgium and USA, Iran and USA and there was no differences between other countries.
Author Name : M.H.Kumara & Dr. M. Govindaraj
Keywords: Standing Height, Body Weight, Volleyball, Countries, Analysis.
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