AUTHOR(S): Dr. Suresh Kumar

ABSTRACT:
The present study will serve as guidelines to the teachers of physical education to fix the norms of anthropometric measurements of women wrestlers and to further research projects in this field will be helpful in planning out a programme of national women wrestlers on the basis of findings and conclusions. Thus, it would lead to improvement of standard in wrestling for excellence. For fulfillment this purpose researcher compares anthropometric component namely total arm length and trunk length between women wrestlers and women boxers belonging to Haryana. The study was carried out on 200 women (100 National Women Wrestlers and 100 Women Boxer who participated in National Tournaments) of similar weight were taken to help in assessing and comparing the difference in total arm length and trunk length of the National Women Wrestlers and national women boxers. The data was collected by use of measurements of weight as well as by application of anthropometric measurement. The data was analyzed and compared with the help of statistical procedures in which arithmetic mean, standard deviation (S.D.), t-test were employed. Women wrestlers and women boxers of these weight groups for trunk length i.e. up to 50 kg, 51-55 kg, 56-60 kg and above 61 kg has not been affected by their weights. The women wrestlers and women boxers for trunk length of these weight groups have performed equally.

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