2024, Vol. 11, Issue 6, Part C

Peoples are starts participating in physical activity and sports without proper guidance. Every individual have their own interest, capacity, capability and potentiality. It was thus sheer chance that his choice of the sport may be suitable to his inherent capabilities and acquired potentialities. It will be one of the most important factors that can help in raising the standard of the game. This study may be helpful in selecting the players for the team game, where demand of anthropometry for screening, assessing the players, and also helpful to evolve a sound training programme on scientific basis. Anthropometric measurements are non-invasive quantitative measurements of the body. The purpose of this study is to know the ‘‘Anthropometric measurements and performance of Badminton players of Mangalore University’’. The study was restricted to Twenty (N=20) male Badminton players who are participated in Inter-collegiate Badminton tournament in the year 2022-23. The study was restricted to seven anthropometric variables viz., Height, Weight, Age, Palm length, Forearm length, Biceps (upper arm) length and Shoulder width. It was concluded that the average body Weight of the Badminton players of Mangalore University is 60 to 75 kgs. The average Height of the Badminton players is 160-175 cm. The average Age group of the players is between 21-23 years. The majority of players Palm length is between 18 to 18.9 inches, Elbow length is between 27-28 inches, Biceps length between 29-31 inches and the Shoulder width is between 41-43 inches. Palm length, Elbow length, Biceps length, Shoulder width are major factors and advantage for badminton players to perform well in the training period as well as competition. Height also one of the main factor to play good badminton in this present scenario.