Study of trunk flexibility and body composition between football and badminton players

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was an attempt to compare the flexibility (trunk flexibility) and body composition (percentage of body fat, total body fat and lean body mass) between inter-college level male football and badminton players. Fifty (50) male inter-college level football players (N=25) and badminton players (N=25) ranging between 17 to 25years were selected randomly from different colleges of Panjab University, Chandigarh for this study. To compare the mean differences between the inter-college level football and badminton players,t tests were computed using SPSS Software. Flexibility (trunk flexibility), and body composition (percentage of body fat and total body fat) were not found to be statistically significant

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NANDALAL SINGH, N. D, RANJIT SINGH, R, KUMAR SINGH, S. V.

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NANDALAL SINGH, N. D, RANJIT SINGH, R, KUMAR SINGH, S. V. (2011). Study of trunk flexibility and body composition between football and badminton players. CITIUS ALTIUS FORTIUS - JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT, 11(1), 18-21. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-119208