Relationship between anthropometric characteristics and kinematical variables of spike in volleyball Mr. Mondal Papan1, Dr. Mondal Sumanta Kumar2 1Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, Jadavpur University, Kolkala. Email: papanju2010@gmail.com 2Professor, Department of Physical Education, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. sumantavb@gmafl.com Online published on 15 April, 2019. Abstract This study was structured to observe whether any relationship exist between anlhropometricai characteristics andkinematical variables of spiking for intervarsity level male volleyball players. For the purpose of the study eight intervarsity level male volleyball players were selected from East Zone lntervarsity Volleyball Tournament. The age ofthe subjects were rangedfrom J9 to 25 years. Age, height, body weight, arm length fore arm length, two hand distance, leg length andfoot length were taken as anthropometric characteristics. The kinematical variables selected werejump height and spiked ball velocity. To obtain data afkinematical variables the selected subjects p erformances were video recorded. For recording a video camera (Sony, 24fps) was used. The camera was placed on a rigid tripod at the height of 1.30 meters above the ground. It was placed at a distance of 10.50 meters away from side-line. A setter was used to set the ballfor the subjects to spike, Only the best of5 trials ofspike jump for high set were considered for each subject. Only the successful spikejump performance/or both short and high set was analyzed to measure the selected kinematic parameters with the help of motion analysis software (Power DVD). The correlation-coefficient was usedas tool to establish a relationship between anthropometrical and kinematical variables 0/spike performance. Level of significance considered was 0.05. The statistical analysis revealed no significant relationship between anthropometric characteristics and kinematic variables of spike performance for intervarsity level male volleyball players. Top Keywords volleyball, spiking, anthropometric characteristics, kinematical variables. Top |