Anthropometric Profiles of Upper Primary School Going Girls of West Bengal Haldar Debajyoti1, Mukherjee Ashoke2 1Department of Physical Education, Abbasganj High Madrasah (H.S), Malda, West Bengal, India 2Physical Education Unit, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, India Corresponding author: somu03simi@gmail.com
Online published on 6 April, 2018. Abstract Innovation as well as talent search, especially in the sports world, has brought to light new dimensions and has dramatically increased in recent years. The athletic traits and characteristics of an individual mainly depends upon physical fitness. Anthropometric can also contribute to selection procedures in different sports events. Besides success in track and field, discipline is based on the synthesis of anthropometric characteristics and motor abilities as well as optimal technique. Purpose of the Study The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the anthropometric profile of upper primary school going girls of West Bengal for the assessment of sports potentiality. Mehodology: Subject A total of 3000 school girls from class VI-VII were selected as subjects for present study. These subjects were selected from ten high school and ten madrasah of West Bengal. Out of these 3000 subjects, 1500 were selected from high schools and the rest of 1500 were selected from madrasahs. So, from each school and madrasah, numbers of subjects selected were 150. These 150 subjects from each school were randomly selected from three classes from VI to VII. All these subjects were day scholars. Age limit of the subjects were 11-13yrs. Among them the subjects of high schools were from families of moderate socio-economy status. The girls subjects from madrasah were from Muslim communities. Criterion Measure In the present study the measuring criteria was anthropometric profiles of the subject. Anthropometric profiles was assessed using skinfold measurement, height and weight. Analysis of Data To analyze data using appropriate statistical procedure. Inter class variation was standardize by using ANOVA. The exact location of differences was identified by using Post hoc test. Differences between two means was tested for statistical significant by using t test. Results and Discussion From an in depth analysis of the results obtained it is seen that both the girls students of schools as well as madrasahs are equal more or less in height and weight. There is no uniqueness in it because the rule of growth and development is equally applicable to both the categories of the students. In case of anthropometric profile it is shown from the obtained results that the girls students of schools are higher than that of their madrasahs counterparts. Top Keywords Anthropometric profiles, upper primary school going girls, madrasahs girls. Top |