THE BODY COMPOSITION AND SOME CONDITIONAL FEATURES OF WOMEN JUDOISTS OF THE TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM

In this study, which aimed to evaluate the body composition and some conditional features of the women judoists of the Junior National Team who took part in the 2009 World Championship, Anthropometric (Femur and Humerus Bi-epicondylar diameter, Flexed arm and calf girth, skinfold measurements etc.) and conditional tests (vertical jumping, anaerobic power, right and left hand grip strength) were applied on 19 athletes (age: 20.58±1.87 years, weight: 65.32±21.13 kg and height: 165.26±6.17 cm). Holtain brand calipers (Holtain Ltd, Crosswell, Crymych, UK) were used for the measurement of the diameter and thickness of skin curves, Takei brand (Takei Physical Fitness Test, T.K.K.5106, Made in PRC) jump meter and dynamometer were used for the measurements of the vertical jump and handling power. The somatotype was detected by Heath-Carter's Anthropometric method. The data gathered were analyzed by SPSS 15.0 packet program. Respectively, the BMI; 23.57±5.85 kg/m 2 , WHR; 0.76±0.06, RPI; 41.70±2.54 cm/kg 0.333 , body fat percentage 13.26±3.22 %, femur bi-epicondylar diameter 8.12±1.04 cm, Humerus bi-epicondylar diameter 5.04±0.51 cm, calf girth 35.68±5.28 cm, flexed arm girth 30.26±5.36 cm., vertical jump height 40.44±3.72 cm., anaerobic power 91.07±26.75 kgm/sn, right and left hand grip strength were found 35.16±5.11 kg and 33.54±5.22 kg. The endomorphy, mesomorphy and ectomorphy of our athletes were found to be 3.36, 3.19 and 2.06 respectively. Similarities were observed between the gathered data and the data on our athletes.

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