Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyse the selected hand anthropometric measurements among south zone inter university male handball players. The selected players right and left hand length and width were measured on 144 male handball players who had right hand as dominant hand. These players took part in south west zone inter university handball tournament for the year 2010-2011 organized by S.R.T.M University, Nanded, Maharashtra. In this study date was collected from teams who reached quarter finals and Annamalai University team. The hand length and width was selected as criterion variable and measured by vernier caliper, gulick tape and measuring scale. The collected data was analysed using ANOVA, when F is found to be significant Tukey HSD post hoc test was applied. The result of the study showed that right hand length (F = 1.61, p = 0.126) and left hand length (F = 1.19, p = 0.308) show no significant difference between the groups. However, right hand width (F = 5.450, p = 0.000) and left hand width (F = 6.302, p = 0.000). It shows that Rajasthan university handball players showed greater hand width on both hands than other team players. It can be concluded that hand width shows significant variations among the south west zone inter university handball tournament. The criterion variables which are selected in the present study show significant impact on griping the ball.
Highlights
Handball is a fast body contact team game
Paediatric studies have shown that the anthropometric variables of body mass index, height, weight, hand length, palm length and palm width are highly correlated with grip strengt h in children [1]
It denotes that hand length of handball players remains same among the groups
Summary
Handball is a fast body contact team game. Handball players require greater grip strength to hold the ball which prevents fumble and fall. Human beings possess different hand anthropometric dimensions either narrow or broad which are distributed in the normal population, with slight male/female differences in the median and range values. One such dimension with these gender differences is hand shape. Paediatric studies have shown that the anthropometric variables of body mass index, height, weight, hand length, palm length and palm width are highly correlated with grip strengt h in children [1]. The purpose of this study was to analyse the selected hand anthropometric measurements among south zone inter university male handball players
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