INVESTIGATION OF ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS BETWEEN KABADDI AND WRESTLING PLAYERS

Man’s performance in sport or any other field depends on his movement oriented behavior all those actions, while they can be noted by others with or without the aid of instruments have their roots in biological phenomenon. In other words, the integrated and harmonious functioning of several dynamic process of body which are either physical, physiological, psycho or biochemical in nature. Anthropometric measurement has wide applications as one of the essential parameters consisting of the selected diagnostics of any game or sport. The anthropometric indices aided in evaluating potentiality for athletic performance. The main purpose of the study was to investigate   the anthropometric measurements of Kabaddi and wrestling players. For this study data was collected from sixty players each who have participated in inter university Kabaddi and wrestling game. Subjects were selected randomly and the age of the subjects was ranging from 18-25 years. The data collected was treated with the statistical technique’s test and found there is a significant difference between Kabaddi and wrestling players in anthropometric measurements, height, weight, chest girth and thigh girth