Abstract

Anthropometry is a specialized branch of science dealing measurement of body parts of living organisms. There is a further specialized branch of anthropometry dealing with measurement of human body part when they are involved in movement or locomotion or more clearly speaking the athletes. Stature of a person or his anthropometric Variable to a great extent influences his sport performance. Different game or sporting event has a specific demand for stature or anthropometric structure. Considering the importance, the scholar premeditated to conduct a study on “A Comparing analysis of Anthropometric Variables between national level Handball and Hockey Players” from Jammu and Kasmir. The purpose of this study was to compare anthropometric profile between national level male Handball and Hockey players. To achieve the purpose of this study, total 66 (sixty six) National level players (33 male Handball players and 33 Hockey players) were selected as the subject from various clubs, university and associations of Jammu & Kashmir. Initially descriptive statistics was calculated and further “t”-test was computed for observing the degree of difference between the means. The level of significance was fixed at 0.05 level of confidence. Data analysis revealed that there exist significant difference between the length measurements variables such as Standing Height., Sitting Height, Arm Length R, and Arm Length L i.e. the Handball players were superior to the Hockey players with respect to length measurements mentioned above but there was no significant difference with respect to girth measurements.