Differences in some anthropological characteristics of young alpine skiers recorded during one competitive season (CROSBI ID 149030)
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Cigrovski, Vjekoslav ; Matković, Bojan ; Novak, Dario
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Differences in some anthropological characteristics of young alpine skiers recorded during one competitive season
The aim of this investigation was to evaluate differences in the 11 tests used to determine anthropological characteristics, the one test used to determine physiological characteristics and the four tests used to evaluate explosive strength of young alpine skiers. Sixteen Croatian male alpine skiers participated in the investigation. Measurements were performed three times during one competitive season (at the beginning, during, and after the end of the season). Significant differences in anthropological characteristics that occurred between the three measurements were observed for body height (p=0.002), scapular (p=0.009) and abdominal skinfolds (p=0.002), bicristal (p=0.001) and bicondilar femur widths (p=0.029), femoral (p=0.009) and upper arm girths (p=0.002) and body weight (p=0.001). Furthermore, significant differences were observed for the continuous jump with bent legs for 15 seconds (p=0.05) (used to evaluate explosive strength). Among the motor abilities, explosive strength is known as most important success-related parameter in alpine skiing. According to the obtained results, it can be concluded that results in the continuous jump with bent legs for 15 seconds are the consequence of body adaptation to training. Despite children’ s constant growth, which continuously influences the results of the training process, the afore-mentioned test seems to be the best for evaluating current fitness levels in terms of explosive strength in young alpine skiers.
alpine skiing ; school children ; anthropological characteristics ; explosive strength
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