Body composition and Aerobic capacity among the Volleyball players of the University: An assessment

Health is wealth, “The first wealth is health” wrote in 1860 by American Philosopher- Ralph Waldo Emerson. Health is the most valuable wealth in life. It is beginning of happiness in life which is priceless and cannot be purchase with money. A person without physical and mental health, it is difficult for him/her to enjoy his/he daily life as well as it is the big burden of the Government of a country to making a healthy Nation. The present study was carried out in the various university of India. The data has been collected from the adult male volley ball players. The research design was characterized by a cross sectional quantitative survey, and the data was collected through different techniques to achieve the stated specific objectives. The anthropometric variable like Height, weight, BMI, Bicep, Arm length, Leg length and upper thigh were measured. The physiological variable or Body composition variables: Biceps skinfold, Triceps skinfold, subscapular skinfold, supriliac also been measured. This study included 92 male volleyball players aged between 20 to 26 years were selected for the study on the basis of simple random sampling. The present study revealed that the anthropometric variable shows a significant difference between mean value of the study population and ICMR recommended standard. According to WHO BMI classification shows that most of the participant’s nutrional status is normal very few are under weight and overweight. About 61 percent players are belonging into the normal blood pressure level and about 31 percent are elevated category or intend to be high.