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- Title
Somatotype profile, antropometric variables, physical aptitude and motor behavior of juvenile athletes of female volleyball time from Ponta Grossa - PR.
- Authors
Levandoski, Gustavo; Cardoso, Fernando Luiz; Cieslak, Fabrício
- Abstract
This research aims to discover a somatotype profile according to the corporeal composition and to the physical performance through physical and motor tests respectively, in female athletes of the juvenile volleyball team from Ponta Grossa city (PR). 11 athletes with 15,9 years of mean age composed the sample. The participants can be characterized by having an endomorphectomorph somatotype profile alike to other studies found in the international literature on female volleyball athletes. Related to the physical fitness and motor performance we found mean values of 0.18m for hip flexion on a bank; 22,3 and 29,0 repetitions for arm flexion and abdominal resistance, respectively; 1.75m for horizontal jump; 6.59sec for the square test of agility, and 1,840m for the 12min running test. Relating the collected data in relation to the official performance of the team on competitions, we notice that to possess an ideal body somatotype similar to high performance patterns is not enough for the team to succeed on its sporting performance, if the variables that support their physical conditioning are not correlated in an efficient way for this acquisition.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; SOMATOTYPES; ANTHROPOMETRY; PHYSICAL fitness; ATHLETES; WOMEN'S volleyball; GROSS motor ability
- Publication
Fitness & Performance Journal (Online Edition), 2007, Vol 6, Issue 5, p309
- ISSN
1519-9088
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3900/fpj.6.5.309.e