Position-Wise Analysis On Anthropometric Characteristics Of State Level Junior Elite Basketball Players

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analysis the position-wise anthropometric characteristics of state level Basketball players. To achieve the purpose of the study, 96 basketball players were selected as subjects from the 64^th Junior National Championship, 2013. the selected players were classified into three groups namely Gurad (G), Forward (F) and Centers (C); each classification consists of 32 basketball players. All the anthropometric assessment, were measured by standardized test protocols. To analysis the significant mean difference among their playing position’s anthropometric characteristics, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was computed. The result revealed that the center players were possessing maximum value in all anthropometric characteristics followed by forward and then the guard players.