Comparision of Body Composition and Anthropometric Variable of selected Plyometric Sports

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to compare the body composition and anthropometric variables of basketball, volleyball and handball players. Methods: Total 30 male students who were enrolled in BPEd course at LNIPE, Guwahati selected for the study. They have been divided into three groups Ten basketball, Ten volleyball and Ten Handball players. The data collection of selected variable like Height, Weight ,BMI, Fat Mass, Muscles Mass, Fat Free Mass and Glycogen Mass were all administered at institute Exercise Physiology Laboratory. The data pertaining to different variable were examined by One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in order to determine the difference, if any. The level of significance was set at 0.05 levels for testing the hypothesis Result: The analysis exhibits that Fat mass and height were significant amongst the other variable. The calculated F ratio of fat mass and height were 8.51 and 16.09 respectively which were greater than the tabulated F ratio value 3.35 at 0.05 levels. Conclusion : On the basis of the analysis of data and the limitation of the study the conclusion were drawn that the Basketball player pertaining higher in height and more fat mass in comparison to others sports i.e handball and volleyball.