AUTHOR(S): Dr. Kuldeep Singh and Dr. Suman

ABSTRACT:
An attempt has been made in the present study to find out the comparative assessment of the selected kinanthropometric parameters and body composition measurements between sprinters and throwers. The research was conducted on North Indian male national level and all India university level 30 sprinters and 30 throwers of their age range 17-28 years. Thirty one kinanthropometric and body composition measurements were evaluated of each subject. SPSS (11.5) computer software was used to analyze the data and it revealed that the weight and linear measurements i.e. height, arm length, hand breadth, body diameters i.e. shoulder and knee diameters, girth measurements i.e. chest, hip and thigh girth, skin fold measurements i.e. triceps, subscapular skin folds and body composition variables i.e. body density, percent fat, fat weight have been found highly significant difference between sprinters and throwers at one percent level.

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