Comparison of Physiological and Anthropometrical Variables of University Volleyball Players

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to compare the physiological and anthropometrical variables of inter university female volleyball players. 75 North-East Zone Intervarsity Volleyball players 15 from each university including stand byes players i.e. Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, Lucknow University Lucknow, G.N.D.U. Amritsar, Panjab University Chandigarh and Manipur University Manipur, were selected for this study. The average age of the selected players was 18 to 25 years. Four physiological variables i.e. vital capacity, maximum expiratory pressure, breath holding capacity and pulse rate and seven anthropometrical variables i.e. height, weight, leg length, foreleg length, thigh length, calf girth and thigh girth were selected for this study. For statistical analysis of the data mean, was computed and one way ANOVA was utilized to compare the selected physiological and anthropometrical variables among the different university players. Level of significance was set at 0.05 level of confidence. Study concluded that in physiological variables, significant differences were found among the different team of volleyball players in vital capacity and breath holding capacity. In anthropometrical variables, significant differences were found among the different team of volleyball players in foreleg length, thigh length, weight, thigh girth and calf girth. In other physiological variables i.e. max, expiratory pressure and pulse rate, and in other anthropometrical variables i.e. height and leg length there were no significant differences were found among the different team of volleyball players. It means in these variables all five university players are more or less the same.