Correlation of some morphological characteristics with the growth of body mass in young football players

Slavko, Molnar, Stevo, Popović, Miroslav, Smajić

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Srbije

45

313

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1820-7936

https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%268477&page=0&so...

2010-2021/11/01/13:20:33

On the basis of the latest research where Molnar et al. (2008) correlated morphological characteristics over a period of ten years with two generations of football players, it was concluded that boys from the younger generation had a higher average value of all the morphological characteristics, except the length of the foot. However, it was also concluded that these two generations had significant differences in only eight anthropometrical measures: physical height, length of leg, width of pelvis, diameter of knee, body mass, volume of upper leg, volume of lower leg and skin fold of stomach. The results indicated the need to establish a connection of some morphological characteristics to the growth of body mass in younger generation of boys. Thus, the aim of this research has been to identify the relevant knowledge about the significance of partial connection some morphological characteristics with the growth of body mass in younger generation of players. The sample was taken from 95 boys aged 10 years old divided into two sub samples. The first sub sample involved 43 boys who were tested in 1997. and the second sub sample involved 52 boys who were tested in 2007. The variables included the mean differences of eight anthropometrical measures which were significantly different. The data was collected by regression analysis and it was found that volume of upper leg, diameter of knee and width of pelvis showed the significant partial correlation with the growth of body mass in the order they are listed, while other variables didn't show a significant correlation with growth of body mass. .