Relationship Between the Anthropometric Measurements and Flexibility among Adolescent Cricket and Football Sport Participants

Abstract

Anthropometric parameters are the quantitative methods that are more commonly applied to measure, record, and analyze a wide range of human structural measurements for establishing the size, form, proportion, and composition of humans. Flexibility is one of the important factors of healthful living and also a basic constituent of athletic performance. Understanding this relationship helps in tailoring training programs to enhance performance and reduce injury risks in young athletes. The present study explains the relation between anthropometric measurements. A sample of 94 adolescent sports participants were approached from which 30 football players and 64 cricket players were considered for the research study. The statistical technique correlation determined the association of the variables. The coefficient of correlation indicates a negative association between all anthropometric measurements with the sit and reach test, except for abdominal circumference, which is not significantly related. Shoulder hyperextension exhibits a negative insignificance with trunk length and a positive insignificance with other anthropometric measurements. Trunk hyperextension flexibility exhibits a non-significant negative correlation with all anthropometric parameters, except for trunk length, which demonstrates a substantial association with Arm length. All anthropometric measurements, except abdomen circumference, show a negative correlation with the sit-and-reach test, while shoulder hyperextension negatively correlates with trunk length but positively correlates with other measures, and no significant correlation exists between trunk length and other anthropometric measurements except for its negative association with trunk hyperextension flexibility.