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A Comparative Study of Morphological Characteristics and Motor Abilities of High Performance and Low Performance Female Gymnasts Handa Jasmel Kaur* Associate Professor, P.G.S. Govt. College of Physical Education, Patiala, Punjab, India *Corresponding author: jasmelgym@yahoo.com
Online published on 21 July, 2012. Abstract The present study was conducted to compare the morphological characteristics and motor abilities of high performance and low performance female gymnasts. 94 female gymnasts who participated in All India Inter University Gymnastics Championship were taken as subjects. The various body measurements, as well as, strength, flexibility and speed tests were recorded on each subject. Heath Carter method was used to record the somatotype rating. The gymnasts were divided into two groups according to their performance. The marks obtained during the competition were taken as competitive performance. The results of the investigation has shown that high performance gymnasts were lighter, significantly shorter, possessed less amount of % body fat and were more mesomorphic and significantly better on selected strength, flexibility and speed tests than the low performance gymnasts. Top Keywords Morphology, Motor ability and Gymnastics. Top | |
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