Abstract
This study aims to analyze the relationship between anaerobic performance and leg and foot volume and mass in female athletes in individual sports and team sports. 90 female athletes who have been active in sports for at least three years voluntarily participated in the study. The average age of participants is 21. Frustum and Hanavan methods were used to calculate leg volume and mass, respectively. 20-meter sprint test and vertical jump test were carried out in order to determine anaerobic performance. SPSS 22.0 package program for Windows was used for descriptive statistics and correlation analysis of the obtained data. In this study it was demonstrated that leg volume and mass of female athletes varied in each sport and that right and left leg volume and mass of these athletes were fairly close.  Leg volume and mass were higher in team sports athletes than individual sports athletes. In addition, vertical jump performance was better in individual sports athletes. Therewithal it was found very highly negative significant correlation between vertical jump and 20-meter speed values in individual and team sports. As a result it was found that leg volume and mass were higher in team sports athletes than individual sports athletes. Besides when the relationship between leg volume and mass and anaerobic performance is analyzed, a very high positive significance was found between 20 meter speed and right leg mass in boxers. In this way the development of both leg volumes and mass is therefore important for a better anaerobic performance for athletes.
Highlights
Nowadays, studies on sports that are unique to sports are better understood
Focusing on the relationship between leg volume and mass and anaerobic performances of female athletes, this study found significant correlations between right and left leg volume and mass for all sports
It was concluded that right and left leg volume and mass of the athletes participating in the study were quite close
Summary
Studies on sports that are unique to sports are better understood. By providing; the creation of new training techniques, injuries in this sport protect the necessary measures for protection. Mass and leg muscle structure are important in almost every sports branch in order to protect against injury and to perform better. Anaerobic performance and strength values are directly proportional to femur and calf breadth, leg volume and mass (De Ste Croix, Armstrong, Chia, Welsman, Parsons, & Sharpe, 2000). Various studies report that anaerobic performance and strength values increase in proportion to femur and calf breadth, leg, leg-muscle and fat-free leg volume. This is because a higher amount of muscle mass and fibers around the leg results in a higher strength (Ergen, Gambuli, Sardella, & Dal Monte, 1984; Ross, & Marfelle Jones, 1991). In this study it was aimed to see the relation of anaerobic performances of female athletes to leg volume and mass
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