Abstract
Five hundred and one (501) male children aged between eight and fourteen years were selected randomly from the districts of Chandauli and Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh , India for establishing the association between components of somatotyping and biomotor features. Heath- Carter technique was used to determine the somatotyping of the children. Hand grip strength, sit and reach test, vertical jump and 4x10m agility test were used for biomotor features. Product moment correlation was used to determine the relationship between somatotyping and biomotor features. Socioeconomic conditions, nutritional inadequacies and geographical factors might have an influence on the physical growth of the studied population along with their genetic constitution.Significant relationships were observed when correlated the somatotype components with physical fitness parameters. Somatotype, as the indicator of children’s body development , was an acceptable predictor to explain variations in the physiques of children. Hereditary and external factors such as regular activity, nutritional status, and motivation of parents and teachers must also be taken into account while trying to explain the various levels of physical fitness in the children.
Highlights
Somatotype was a method of classifying the human topology with respect to three extreme body types:endomorphy, mesomorphy, and ectomorphy, and was developed by the U.S Psychologist W.H
Significant negative relationship is obtained between endomorphy and ectomorphy (-.252, P
Significant negative relationship is obtained between endomorphy and ectomorphy (-0.344, P
Summary
Somatotype was a method of classifying the human topology with respect to three extreme body types:endomorphy, mesomorphy, and ectomorphy, and was developed by the U.S Psychologist W.H. Sheldon in the year 1940 , later on modified by Barbara Honeyman in 1963 and J.E.Lindsay Carter in 1966 and by Barbara Heath and J.E.L. Carter in 1967. Biomotor ability is the ability of an individual to perform an exercise as the cause, and the movement itself is just the effect; it is the ability to control the causes to perform a successful effect. The biomotor abilities are caused largely due to genetic inheritability [1]. Abilities such as speed, strength, flexibility, endurance, balance and skill are most likely to be related to somatotype
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