AUTHOR(S): Omeshwar Sanyal

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the present study was to compare the anthropometric characteristics of handball and football male players. Total sixty subjects were randomly selected (30 from handball and 30 from football) from Jammu district; Jammu and Kashmir was taken as a sample. The age of participants ranged between 13-17 years. Anthropometric measurements were taken as per ISAK procedure. All the subjects were informed about aim and methodology of the study and they volunteered to participate in this study. ‘T’ test independent was used to analysis the data, level of confidence was set at 0.05 level. The results show that in the variables such as BMI, arm span, calf and biceps circumferences there were significant differences between handball and football players.

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