Comparison of Selected Anthropometrical Variables between Men Basketball and Handball Players

Author(s) Name:

Dr.K.S.Shanmugasundaram

Abstract:

The purpose of the present study was to compare the selected physical variables between men basketball and handball players. To achieve this purpose of the study fifty players from Dindigul region, Tamilnadu were randomly selected as subjects. Among them 25 men basketball players and 25 men handball players were selected. The age of the subjects were ranged from 18 to 25 years. The following variables such as arm length and leg length were assessed by small sliding caliper were selected as criterion variables. The data was statistically analysed by using independent ‘t’ test. In all cases, the 0.05 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance. The result reveals that there was significant mean difference on arm length and leg length between basketball and handball players.               

Keywords:

Basketball, Handball, Anthropometric variables.

Please cite this article as:

Dr.K.S.Shanmugasundaram (2021). Comparison of Selected Anthropometrical Variables Between Men Basketball and Handball Players. International Journal of Recent Research and Applied Studies, 8, 1(3), 21-24.