Differences in Anthropometric Characteristics among Junior Basketball and Volleyball Players

Abstract

The aim of this study was to obtain the relevant knowledge about signifi cant diff erences in some anthropometric characteristics of junior basketball and voleyball players. The sample included 27 male subjects divided into two subsamples. The fi rst subsample included 13 subjects, who train in the junior selection in the Basketball club Vojvodina from Novi Sad, while the other subsample included 14 subjects who train in the junior selection in the Voleyball club Vojvodina, from Novi Sad. The variables sample included 20 anthropometric measures that defi ned longitudinal and transversal dimensionality of skeleton, volume and mass of the body, and subcutaneous adipose tissue. The results were analysed in a statistical procedure marked as a signifi cance testing of two arithmetic means of the independent samples, a t-test at the level of signifi cant of p<0.05. It was concluded, based on these results, that signifi cant diff erences do not occur even for one of the 20 measured variables.

Keywords

• Anthropometric Measurement
• Diff erent Sports
• Junior League