PHYSICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MALE ATHLETIC GROUPS IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.

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2006-06
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OGUNLEYE, RICHARD
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One of the most essential requirements for performance excellence in competitive sports is the selection of the most suitable sport for an individual on the basis of his peculiar characteristics. Available research evidence indicates specific physical and physiological characteristics favourable to certain sport. This research was therefore conducted to determine and compare the physical, physiological and anthropometric characteristics of track and field, basketball, badminton, judo and soccer groups. To achieve the purpose of this study, 15 athletes from each of the selected athletic groups representing Ahmadu Bello University in the following group of sports; track and field, basketball, badminton, judo and soccer were selected at random. The athletes thus selected were tested in 20m shuttles run for agility, 50m dash for speed, 12 minute run test to estimate maximal oxygen up take, chest, abdomen and thigh skin folds to determine percent body fat and lower and upper limb lengths. The data thus collected were statically analyzed. Descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation and standard error, analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to see if there was any significant difference among the five male groups of sports. The result revealed that the basketball players were the tallest and heaviest and had longer limbs, soccer players were the most agile and fastest, track athletes and badminton groups had the highest leg explosive strength, whereas, judo had the highest percent body fat. Maximal heart rate showed no difference among the male groups. On the basis of these results, it was recommended that selection to a particular sport should be based on the physical, physiological and anthropometric characteristics.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.Sc) EXERCISE AND SPORTS SCIENCE.
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PHYSICAL,,, PHYSIOLOGICAL,, ANTHROPOMETRIC,, CHARACTERISTICS,, MALE,, ATHLETIC,, GROUPS,, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,, ZARIA.
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