AUTHOR(S): Rajdeep Kaur and Dr. Pritam Singh

ABSTRACT:
The present study was designed to determine study to select the skinfold thickness of football and volleyball players. Total forty (N=40) Football (N=20) and Volleyball (N=20) players were selected to act as subjects for the present study, with the age ranging between 18-25 years. In consultation with the experts in the field, minutely gleaning through the literature available and considering the feasibility criteria in mind, especially the availability of instrument. The following components of Kin anthropometric variables were selected for the present study such as skin fold thickness such as biceps, triceps, and sub scapular, supra iliac and calf. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 16.0 for windows (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA). All descriptive data were report as mean and standard deviation. Independent samples t-test was used to test if population means estimated by two independent samples differed significantly. The level of significance to test the hypothesis was set at 0.05. The results powerfully prove that, Significant differences were found between football and volleyball players for their biceps, triceps, sub scapular and supra iliac whereas insignificant difference found in calf.

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