ANTHROPOMETRIC AND PHYSICAL PROFILES OF THE STATE AND OUTSIDE STATE SOCCER PLAYERS OF MANIPUR

Dr. Laishram Thambal Singh

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate the significant profiles of state and outside state football players originated from the Manipur state. Various parameters like skill, physical, anthropometric, physiological, psychological, social and environments influence Soccer performance. Thirty (N=30) football players, fifteen (15) each from the state and outside state had been randomly selected. The data were collected on anthropometric parameters- age, height, weight, body fat % (skinfold), body fat % (BIA), shoulder width; circumferences- chest,  waist, thigh (left), thigh (right), calf (left), calf (right), and physical parameters were handgrip (left),handgrip (right), leg-lift,  sit and reach. The means and standard deviations of anthropometric and physical measurements for both state and outside state football players were observed by employing the descriptive analysis. The independent ‘t’ test was employed to find out the significant difference between state and outside state football players on anthropometric and physical measurements. Among the anthropometric measurements BMI, waist, thigh (left), thigh (right), calf (left) and calf (right) were found significant difference as the respective calculated values 2.14, -4.65, 2.37, -2.65, -5.26 and -5.78 greater than table value of ‘t’=2.048 at .05 level of significance. Further, among the physical measurements there were also significance difference on leg-lift  and sit & reach performance as the calculated values -3.25 and 4.42 respectively greater than table value of ‘t’=2.048 at .05 level of significance. By the means (M), mean differences (MD) and t-test, it was acknowledged that outside state players had better anthropometric and physical performance than the state players did. Those players who had the better anthropometric and physical parameters might get the advantages to recruit to the outside states’ big clubs, ISL, and others. It was also recommended that similar study might be conducted on different performance limited parameters. 

Keywords: Physical, Physiological, Body composition, and Somato types.